Security for a day

In my other rush to get up to speed for SANS 709 Developing Exploits for Penetration Testers and Security Researchers I’m looking for any material that will easy that learning curve.

Steve Sims has just posted up two YouTube videos on brute-forcing Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) on Linux straight out of the 709 courseware. Excellent timing.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcaVyy4yu88
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjsv5zAHjQ

Plus here is his article in Hackin9 on Hacking ASLR & Stack Canaries on Modern Linux http://hakin9.org/magazine/918-21st-century-hacking-technique