Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 21:10:52 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz> To: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why don't winblows program have buffer overruns? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980817210429.344B-100000@aniwa.sky> In-Reply-To: <199808162301.UAA09103@dragon.acadiau.ca>
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On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Michael Richards wrote: > Why aren't there buffer overruns for winblows that overrun the stack and > execute nasty code? I realise that there is no way to get a shell, but being > able to exec "format" is still a useful thing for a cracker to do on a > windows box. Thinking a bit more about this, I suppose it says something about hackers being motivated more by kudos than profit. While there isn't much publicity to be had in hitting someone's desktop machine, those machines probably account for most storage of sensitive data. Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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