Re: ASLR: Address Space Layout Randomization

[Peter Kosinar <goober () nuf ksp sk>]

> "So what is ASLR? In short, when you boot a Windows Vista Beta 2 computer,
> we load system code into different locations in memory. This helps defeat
> a well-understood attack called "return-to-libc", where exploit code

Do I read this correctly? Does it really mean that one piece of code 
(e.g. kernel32.dll) is at the same place for all applications and it'll 
remain there till the next reboot?

Or am I missing something? :-)

Peter

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