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     7 \section*{Handout 3 (Buffer Overflow Attacks)}

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     9 By far the most popular attack method on computers are buffer

    10 overflow attacks. The popularity is unfortunate since we now

    11 have technology to prevent them. But these kind of attacks are

    12 still very relevant even today since there are many legacy

    13 systems out there and also many modern embedded systems

    14 do not take any precautions to prevent such attacks.

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    16 To understand how buffer overflow attacks work we have to have

    17 a look at how computers work ``under the hood'' (on the

    18 machine level) and also understand some aspects of the C/C++

    19 programming language. This might not be everyday fare for

    20 computer science students, but who said that criminal hackers

    21 restrict themselves to everyday fare? Not to mention the

    22 free-riding script-kiddies who use this technology without

    23 knowing what are the underlying ideas.

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