Re: buffer overflow - fundamentals

["Robert G. Ferrell" <root () rgfsparc cr usgs gov>]

> best bet would be to look at the phrack artical:
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/5667
>
> "Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit"
> Phrack Artical 49

And once you've absorbed all that, you might try looking at

http://www.securityfocus.com/data/library/advanced.txt

"Advanced Buffer Overflow Exploit" by Taeho Oh.
But I should warn you--this isn't a paper for
casual reading.  It takes a decent familiarity with assembly
and gdb to really get anything out of it.

Cheers,

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
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