A vital resource for all computer security students and enthusiasts, add Stack Frames: A Look Inside to your library today. Lastly you will go in-depth to understand the intricacies of stack frames. Using a practical approach, you will understand how stack frames relate to hardware and software theory and the various GNU/Linux distributions, before moving on to Base 2, 8 and 16 notations, executables and libraries. Neither a guide for hackers nor an all-out theory book, this book is ideal for anyone studying computer security who wants to learn by doing.
You will learn how it is manipulated to take control of a computer system, as well as the countermeasures that system designers set up to avoid this. Teaches you exactly how program memory content and organization is vital for computer security, especially Unix-like operating systems.
