Some articles about Stack Protector for those interested in the history of vulnerability research and exploitation: The story of Propolice http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/propolice.html CORE-20020409: Multiple vulnerabilities in stack smashing protection technologies https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Apr/344 BYPASSING STACKGUARD AND STACKSHIELD https://phrack.org/issues/56/5 The Frame Pointer Overwrite https://phrack.org/issues/55/8 Scraps of notes on remote stack overflow exploitation https://phrack.org/issues/67/13