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 <p>We can see that <code>0x18</code> (hex) or <code>24</code> (decimal) bytes of buffer is allocated to <code>getbuf</code> (Since, 24 bytes are being subtracted from the stack pointer).</p>
 
-<p>Now, since we know the buffer size we can try passing the address of the touch1 function.</p>
+<p><strong>Buffer Overflow</strong>: A buffer overrun happens when the size of the data exceeds the memory size reserved for the buffer we are storing in our value.</p>
+
+<p>Now, since we know the buffer size we can try passing the address of the touch1 function after we pad it up with the buffer size.</p>
 
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 <pre><span></span><code>jxxxan@jupyter-xxxxxx8:~/lab3-attacklab-xxxxxxxxuhan/target66$<span class="w"> </span>cat<span class="w"> </span>dis.txt<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span>grep<span class="w"> </span>touch1
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   <cite>Attack Lab Handout</cite></p>
 </blockquote>
 
+<blockquote>
+  <p>What is ROP Attack?
+  <br><br>
+  is a computer security exploit technique in which the attacker uses control of the call stack to indirectly execute cherry-picked machine instructions
+  <cite>https://resources.infosecinstitute.com</cite></p>
+</blockquote>
+
 <p>Let us check if we can find <code>popq %rdi</code> between <code>start_farm</code> and <code>end_farm</code></p>
 
 <p>The way a normal person would find the hex representation <code>58</code> to be between <code>start_farm</code> and <code>end_farm</code> is to find the line numbers for both and