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Defeating Overflow Attacks

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Defeating Overflow Attacks (PDF, 1.85MB)Published: 15 Nov, 2004
Created by:
Jason Deckard

Buffer overflow attacks are detectable and preventable. This paper describes what a buffer overflow attack is and how to protect applications from an attack.

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