I've always liked the way this is described on his YC bio page (http://ycombinator.com/people.html http://ycombinator.com/people.html): In 1988 his discovery o

I've always liked the way this is described on his YC bio page (http://ycombinator.com/people.html http://ycombinator.com/people.html): In 1988 his discovery of buffer overflow first brought the Internet to the attention of the general public.