| Detects stack smashing by monitoring the return address just as canaries were used to protect coal miners against methane gas hundreds of years ago. (see source tag) Canaries protect specific data structures by the introduction of a canary. (conversation with John W.) |
| •owl:Thing |
| •sec:Countermeasure |
| •sec:MemoryProtection |
| •Canary-BasedTool |
| sec:MemoryProtection |
| dc:source | http://www.computer.org/portal/site/security/menuitem.6f7b2414551cb84651286b108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=security_level1_article&TheCat=1015&path=security/v2n4&file=gei.xml&;jsessionid=G6N8Rng7NZ8vN2P0S5McFzGycmvL0ThVdJQMXyPZXG3Ydw9pJlqQ!1460800952 |
Class(Canary-BasedTool partial sec:MemoryProtection)