On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 03:25:04PM -0500, Gary MacDougall wrote:
> Hmmm I don't buy that this *couldn't* be done on the Intel.
> I might be overstepping my knowledge, but I'm sure there
> *must* be a way.
The first method that comes to mind is making the stack segment
non-executable. IIRC, this is not supported by the x86. It's a real shame,
because that would immediately stop about 99.9% of all buffer overrun
exploits.
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