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Old 11-23-2004, 08:40 AM  
xenophobic
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Quote:
Originally posted by garett
Page dumps in a system like XP or Linux usually suggest bad memory.

Try replacing your RAM.
SIGSEGV (Signal 11/Segmentation fault) on Linux/BSD are not often caused by "bad memory" they're often caused by programs referencing an address that has been previously free()'d or sometimes just a call to an area of memory that does not exist. You should check the program, before you run off to swap ram !

Sometimes when crackers use scripts to exploit a program they use the wrong area of memory to pass their shellcode (executable code ) that can cause segmentation faults too, so you should check for possible kiddie activity.
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