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Using ASAN as a protection

Scary Beasts Security

AddressSanitizer, or ASAN , is an excellent tool for detecting subtle memory errors at runtime in C / C++ programs. It is now a productionized option in both the clang and gcc compilers, and has assisted in uncovering literally thousands of security bugs. ASAN works by instrumenting compiled code with careful detections for runtime errors. It is primarily a detection tool.