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Stack Shield version history info v0.5
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0.1 pre-alpha 19 Jul 1999:
  First version. Contains only protection system asm files.

0.2 pre-alpha 25 Jul 1999:
  Started the developing of the file protection program (in perl). It hasn't
  finished.

0.3 beta 8 Aug 1999:
  First relase version. Updated the protection system (faster). The file
  protection program has been totaly rewritten in C.

0.4 beta 24 Aug 1999:
  Fixed link bug. Fixed working dir bug. Fixed teen functions bug. Added GCC
  and G++ frontend to automatize compilation. Added a Makefile.

0.5 beta 13 Sep 1999:
  Fixed minor bugs. Added options to specify the buffer size and the entry
  point symbol. Added options to exit on attack and to disable the protection
  system when a lot of nested call are performed.

0.6 beta 14 Oct 1999:
  Added protection for function pointer overwrite exploit class. Fixed asm file
  output bug in ShieldGCC and ShieldG++.

0.7 beta 07 Jan 2000 (this):
  Fixed register overwrite bug. Added another protection method. Added
  support for optimization. Fixed a minor bug in ShieldGCC and ShieldG++

