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IF A PROGRAM ASSIGNS A VALUE TO A VARIABLE THAT WON'T FIT IN THE MEMORY RESERVED FOR THAT VARIABLE...

  • SOME LANGUAGES (JAVA) LOOK FOR EXTRA SPACE ELSEWHERE IN MEMORY.

  • SOME LANGUAGES (PASCAL) NOTICE THE PROBLEM AND KILL THE PROGRAM.

  • OTHER LANGUAGES (C) ASSUME THE PROGRAMMER KNOWS BEST AND JUST USE BYTES AFTER THE AREA RESERVED FOR THE VARIABLE BEING CHANGED.
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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " The Internet Worm " within the topic "Computer Security: A Case Study?". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Computer Security: A Case Study?" can be accessed using the links below.
  • Paranoia Raising
  • Some Sample Security Problems
  • The Internet Worm
  • The Internet Worm
  • What was "The Worm"?
  • Finding Machine Names
  • How the Worm Broke in
  • Password Guessing
  • The SENDMAIL "Trap Door"
  • The Finger Server Bug
  • Computer Memory Organization
  • Computer Memory and Program Variables
  • Memory Overflow
  • The Finger Bug
  • It Couldn't Happen Again! Could it?