Talk:Buffer overflow

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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