Re: Linux Buffer Overflow Security Exploits

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:28:23 -0800 (PST)


On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Steve Dodd wrote:
> I guess it depends /which/ 16bit CPUs. 68000 was technically a 16bit CPU,
> but it had 24 address bits (tho' only _23_ address lines, but that's different
> brain damage :) Actually, didn't it have 32 bit wide data registers? Maybe it
> wasn't a 16bit CPU after all..

32bit registers, 24bit address bus (but bit 0 was always unset), 16bit
data bus.

-Dan

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