On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:16:40 -0800 "John P. Fisher" <john.fisher@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > this zlib point clobbers one of my ideas for sure Nah, not really. The next time it will be the shared lib that has the security problem and two or three static linked programs survive intact, then everyone will rush back to static linking. I think the security thing is completely orthogonal.