Re: Buffer overflow and OS/390

[crispin () CSE OGI EDU (Crispin Cowan)]

Do-Geun Jo wrote:

> When I was thinking about the OS/390 and its open TCP/IP services, this
> came to my mind that the conceptual resemblance between MVS and UNIX may
> lead to some successful buffer overflow attack in OS/390.

When I was at the Oakland Security Conference last year (IEEE Symp. on
Security and Privacy) I made the error of crediting R.T. Morris with inventing
buffer overflows in front of some old timers.  They pointed out to me that
there are buffer overflow exploits going back to the 1960's.  The example
given was an OS/360 problem.

Crispin
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