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====Tarball====
A program designed specifically to cause other programs to crash, yet unlike the specific Crash Program concept, concentrating on a broader-based action that causes random program crashes rather than crashing a chosen one.
In a modern (2021) context, disabling almost any of the core procedures on a Windows computer will often cause an immediate reboot of the system, yet they are often far more restricted or difficult to access. However, disabling numerous helper programs that are not so well secured may cause a similar effect, without needing to circumvent the core operating system programs. From a modern attack perspective, a technique involving writing large amounts of junk code (or specifically designed "junk" code) to locations within the stack would be similar. The specific program that crashes might not be dependable, yet numerous programs might crash because of memory misalignments, unsuccessful read/writes, or fortuitously hurtful code.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Munroe |first1=Randall |title=Exploits of a Mom (Little Boby Drop Tables) |url=https://xkcd.com/327/ |website=XKCD |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
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