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StackGuard's impact on buffer overflows

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by maryweilage

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by wonsil9

Some operating systems (like the one HP is currently retiring - MPE) marks pages in memory as data or code. There is no way to insert malicious code through an overflow attack. Maybe some of the newer open OSs can learn from the one's being retired.

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