Still the best paper on the subject. and 20 years later, the technique works.
Today In Infosec @todayininfosec
8 Nov 2016
"Smashing The Stack For Fun And Profit" was published by Elias Levy (aka Aleph One) in the hacker zine Phrack.
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Replying to @randymarchany
Doesn't work on modern OSes with kernel-based stack protection, e.g. DEP on Windows, Linux 2.6.8+, OpenBSD 3.3+.

Nov 8, 2016 · 5:41 PM UTC

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Replying to @hal_pomeranz @randymarchany
mastropaolo.com/2005/06/04/b…
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Right, sure. But the basic technique in Elias' paper is blocked by NX support.
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