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The Mitigation Arms Race

the exploit ↔ mitigation arms raceoverflowattackNX / DEPdefenseROP / ret2libcattackASLRdefenseinfo leakattackcanary / RELROdefenseCFI / CETattack
Each attack technique provoked a defense; each defense provoked a new attack.

Orange = attack; teal = defense. Each defense provoked the next attack.