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The buffer overflow attack is one of the most common on the Internet. Just like the Y2K problem occurred because of the common coding mistake of using 2-digits, the buffer overflow bug is caused by a typical mistake of not double-checking input, and allowing large input (like a login name of a thousand characters) "overflow" into some other region of memory, causing a crash or a break-in.
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