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Why buffer overflow exploitation took so long to mature (part 2)
- NateLawson 17y agoThis is second in a two-part series on the history of buffer overflow exploitation. It covers three eras: academic computing (early 1970′s), rise of the Internet (1988), and x86 unification (1996 to present). The changes between each era influenced the changed exploitation of buffer overflows. Here's an HN link to part 1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1316782 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1316782