Talk:Buffer overflow

Article Checklist for "Buffer overflow"

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Checklist last edited by	--Eric M Gearhart 12:55, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

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Technical explanation not technical

For instance, nothing "marks" stack contents as either program location or data.--Nick Johnson 14:40, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Why not correct the article then? --Eric M Gearhart 14:51, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

More for software

I plan on doing some research, and then adding these things under the software section:

• StackGuard and Canary Values as implemented by a compiler
• Memory address randomization
• Separation of privileges

--Nick Johnson 08:36, 12 April 2007 (CDT)

More on Hardware/Software

By the way: OpenBSD does something called W^X (write-exclusive-or-execute). I don't really know how it works, but if anyone does, it should be added here. --Nick Johnson 08:37, 12 April 2007 (CDT)