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#1 Re: Stack Smashing Protection for Debian Posted by Anonymous (137.110.xx.xx) on Fri 23 Jun 2006 at 19:25 SSP should prevent 'return-into-libc' due to the canary being overwritten when changing the return address. Wikipedia says about return-into-libc via the link you provided, "Stack-smashing protection can prevent or obstruct exploitation, as it can detect the corruption of the stack.".
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