Essay Detecting Unauthorized Applications

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Your essay should be a minimum of 350 words and include the steps you took to discover file. In Conducting a review of the OSs running on the Alexander Rocco network, you detect a program that appears to be unauthorized. No one in the department knows how this program got on the Linux computer. The department manager thinks the program was installed before his start date three years ago. When you review the program's source code, you discover that it contains a buffer overflow exploit. Based on this information, write a report to the IT manager stating what course of action should be taken and listing recommendations for management.

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Running head: BUFFER OVERFLOW

Buffer Overflow

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BUFFER OVERFLOW

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Abstract
This report is given after conducting a review of the OS running on the Alexander Rocco
network, and identifying an unauthorized program that exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability.
The report will define what a buffer overflow is, and outcomes the vulnerability may cause as
well as the counter measures and recommendations.

Contents
Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 2
Concepts of Buffer Overflow.................................................................................................................... 3
Buffer Overflow Definition ...................................................................................................................... 3
Recommendation and solutions .................................................................................................................... 4
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 5
Reference list ...................................................................................


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