Recently, I was at the bookstore checking out books on computers. I found an interesting book on various types of hacks and how to stop them on your servers.
One that caught my eye was the "buffer overflow". It was basically the hacker removing the limit on an input box, typing random gibberish into the input, and then sending it to the server.
The server would get a buffer overflow, and most likely crash.
Sadly, in this book, it did not include any information on how to stop these attacks. And to me, these attacks sound pretty unstoppable.
Scenario one:
I am the owner of a server. On the server, there is a website with a forum. In the forum, I have the user submit information to the server. The input box does NOT have a limit on it
How would I be able to stop a buffer overflow, if one is possible?
Scenario two:
I am the owner of a server. On the server, there is a website with a forum. In the forum, I have the user submit information to the server. The input box has a limit on it.
How would I be able to stop a buffer overflow?