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

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:21:16 -0000
From: "Dave \"No, not that one\" Korn" <davek_throwaway@...mail.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: 18th anniversary of Internet
	worma.k.a.	Morris worm

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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