Talk:Buffer overflow

Article Checklist for "Buffer overflow"

Workgroup category or categories	Computers Workgroup [Editors asked to check categories]
Article status	Stub: no more than a few sentences
Underlinked article?	Yes
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	--Eric M Gearhart 12:55, 9 April 2007 (CDT)

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Technical explanation not technical

For instance, nothing "marks" stack contents as either program location or data.--Nick Johnson 14:40, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

Why not correct the article then? --Eric M Gearhart 14:51, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

More for software

I plan on doing some research, and then adding these things under the software section:

• StackGuard and Canary Values as implemented by a compiler

--Nick Johnson 08:36, 12 April 2007 (CDT)