Hacking is the art of creative problem solving, whether that means finding an unconventional solution to a difficult problem or exploiting holes in sloppy programming. Rather than merely showing how to run existing exploits, Hacking: The Art of Exploitation , 2nd Edition author Jon Erickson explains how arcane hacking techniques actually work. Using the included Ubuntu LiveCD, get your hands dirty debugging code, overflowing buffers, hijacking network communications, bypassing protections, exploiting cryptographic weaknesses, and perhaps even inventing new exploits.