From: "Geo." 

Ok I understand somewhat but is a public API the same thing as printf() or
is it more like a subroutine in a program where printf() would be part of
that subroutine?

Geo.

"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
news:3de94098{at}w3.nls.net...
> We don't seem to be communicating too well I'll admit. Try this. Given a
> known vulnerability in an app it's easy to get a stack trace of where
> the program is when the exploit happens. From this you can find out
> which, if any, public API function is being exploited. If the exploit
> doesn't involve a public API then it's specific to that app.

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