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SubjectRe: Unexecutable Stack / Buffer Overflow Exploits...
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> Both stackguard and the last option requires some CPU overhead at
> run-time; the first two don't require any overhead at all. Note that
> some of approaches, such as changing the stack location randomly will
> stop certain attacks that the Solar Designer patch won't catch.

Is there any reason we cant do the first 2 immediately?

FWIW I thought solar designer patch did do the first one.

-Dan


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