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Internet Security

Most interest in security issues is in connecting to the Internet in a secure way. Recall:
 

 
[1] A successful buffer overrun attack requires extremely detailed knowledge of the vulnerable target system. However, many such exploits have been observed over the years. The famous "Morris Internet Worm" of 1988 was based (among other things) on a buffer overrun attack on sendmail, the Unix standard package for email delivery.

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