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@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 free-riding script-kiddies who use this technology without
 knowing what are the underlying ideas.
  
+ 
+\bigskip
+For buffer overflow attacks to work a number of innocent
+design decisions, which are benign on their own, need to 
+conspire against you. One such design decision is how the 
+memory is laid out for each process. 
+ 
 \bigskip\bigskip \noindent If you want to know more about
 buffer overflow attacks, the original Phrack article
 ``Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit'' by Elias Levy (also




