Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 1999 20:01:33 +0000 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Re: Linux Buffer Overflow Security Exploits |
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On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 09:11:08PM +0200, Tuomas Heino wrote:
> Still I think this brain-damage has already been implemented somewhere... > maybe even at the brain-damage center at redmond ;) > ... and it definitely was implemented for 32-bit memory addressing on > 16-bit cpus ;)
I guess it depends /which/ 16bit CPUs. 68000 was technically a 16bit CPU, but it had 24 address bits (tho' only _23_ address lines, but that's different brain damage :) Actually, didn't it have 32 bit wide data registers? Maybe it wasn't a 16bit CPU after all..
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