Re: 18th anniversary of Internet worma.k.a. Morris worm

["Dave \"No, not that one\" Korn" <davek_throwaway () hotmail com>]

Georgi Guninski wrote:
> my question was:
>
> when was the first provable *public* (as in common sense)
> announcement of the exploitability of buffer overflows.

  The use of smashing the stack to seize control of the program flow was in 
everyday usage on the Commodore PET from around 1979-1980ish.  It was our 
standard technique for making programs autorun after loading!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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