On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> The effectiveness of this patch comes from two places:
>
> A) It's rare and breaks all existing attacks.
> B) I actually makes that class of attack harder to accomplish.
C) It warns you when a buffer overrun attempt has been made,
which alerts you to the problem and gives you a chance to fix
or disable the offending program.
Regards,
Damien Miller
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