Re: Buffer Overflow in Windows Alpha systems

Valdis.Kletnieks_at_vt.edu
Date: 08/29/03

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    To: "Whiteside, Larry [contractor]" <BAE14@SSP.NAVY.MIL>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 18:03:36 -0400

    On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:41:11 EDT, "Whiteside, Larry [contractor]" <BAE14@SSP.NAVY.MIL> said:

    > Does anyone know if the buffer overflows that affect normal win32 based
    > systems would affect a Windows Alpha system? Are the memory stacks different
    > enough to cause the code not to execute against the alpha?

    Well, first you'd have to recode from x86 assembler to the DEC Alpha chipset's
    assembler - the architecture is TOTALLY different.

    Anybody who's got enough Alpha clue to do that will have little trouble getting
    the memory stack issue resolved.

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