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Stack-based buffer overflows have historically been one of the most popular and best understood methods of exploiting software. Tens, if not hundreds, of papers have been written on stack overflow techniques on all manner of popular architectures. One of the most frequently referred to, and likely the first public discourse on stack overflows, is Aleph One's "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit." Written in 1996, the paper explained for the first time in a clear and concise manner how buffer overflow vulnerabilities are possible and how they can be exploited. We recommend that you read the original paper, published in Phrack magazine and available at www.wiley.com/compbools/koziol .