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Fixing races for fun and profit: how to abuse atime

Jan 1, 2005·
Nikita Borisov
,
Rob Johnson
,
Naveen Sastry
,
David Wagner
· 0 min read
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USENIX Security
Last updated on Jan 1, 2005
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