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All serious OSs I know of allow fetching instructions ONLY
And isn't it true that every OS suffers from
"the various buffer overflows that can lead to privillege escalation to Admin or the execution of arbitrary code from anywhere else but the CODE segment."?

from the CODE ("text") segment. Not from stack (usual with buffer o/v) neither from the data segments.

ANd most importandly the Text Segments are read only so any attempt to bastardize its contents would cause an access violation fault and cancel the execution.

All RISC processors + Itanium-2 + AMD64 + UNIX and recently Linux (SLES) support this.

I can see that MS has JUST STARTED working in the right direction and I hope they will stay the course since this is a lengthy, bumpy and usually thankless road. Pretty much what UNIX went through 15-20 years ago.

They need to be patient and ofcourse change attitudes as making internals more robust does not show on the GUI ...
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Like that was something unexpected wink  michael_t | 08/04/06
What part wasn't unexpected  John Zern | 08/04/06
No Absolutly Not.  IceTheNet@... | 08/04/06
Can I have what you're smoking?  toadlife | 08/04/06
Message has been deleted.  IceTheNet@... | 08/07/06
Wow...  DCMann | 08/07/06
one problem  Techanalyst | 08/08/06
All serious OSs I know of allow fetching instructions ONLY  michael_t | 08/04/06
Sick of all the hackers  plogan721 | 08/08/06
I really hope you're joking...  kha.M | 08/09/06
MCSDs refute this happened...  Mike Cox | 08/04/06
You're a treat!  Prognosticator | 08/04/06
I have a feeling this was authored a few days ago...  Zeppo9191 | 08/04/06
i like  galileon | 08/04/06
10 :-D  LoCal | 08/04/06
What a frickin' howl!!  999ad@... | 08/04/06
I LOLed. grin  A_Pickle | 08/04/06
Great stuff, Mike  rick752 | 08/04/06
Ahh Dr Sarcasm Strikes again  jimk_z | 08/04/06
We don't need a Linux variant of Mike Cox  toadlife | 08/05/06
I love these independent studies funded by MS partners ... happy ..  michael_t | 08/04/06
Milky, you?re too big a fanboy. You got caught.  Cayble | 08/05/06
Interesting...  mdsmedia | 08/06/06
Cayble (or his sister ego NonZealot) get withdrawal symptoms  michael_t | 08/07/06
Then you missed it, let me repeat...  Cayble | 08/07/06
Your thoughts are getting more disconnected, your condition worsens ...  michael_t | 08/07/06
I love these independent studies funded by MS partners ... happy ..  michael_t | 08/04/06
10.0! Classic Mikey  Reverend MacFellow | 08/05/06
What's with all the "LOL" stuff?  TJGeezer | 08/05/06
Message has been deleted.  Jay E Court | 08/07/06
"tag-teamed the CSO" - too funny, Thanks Mike  WiredGuy | 08/07/06
Making a mountain of a mole hill  zzz1234567890 | 08/04/06
Just because you wish it were not true dosn't make it untrue.  IceTheNet@... | 08/04/06
Ubuntu, Xandros  TJGeezer | 08/05/06
while testing ubuntu and xandros...  mdsmedia | 08/06/06
Mepis  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
Run Linux as root 24x7 attached to the internet...  mlambert890@... | 08/07/06
re: Run Linux as root 24x7 attached to the internet...  dpastern | 08/07/06
Almost agree with you except  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
Many can mean many things  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
Many People???  jerry@... | 08/07/06
well,  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
One step in the right direction  nucrash | 08/04/06
Did you read the article?  TimeBomb | 08/05/06
You need to read it again yourself  toadlife | 08/05/06
Making a fudge sandwich out of a mountain  TimeBomb | 08/05/06
I don't see any mountains  mdsmedia | 08/06/06
Like Blue Pill is the only  bjbrock | 08/04/06
Sounds like the Linux crowd is gettin' scared  John Zern | 08/04/06
Only reason?  rpmyers1 | 08/04/06
Heh you forgot...  Suicida| | 08/06/06
The more secure Vista becomes, the only reason to go to Linux diminishes.  Reverend MacFellow | 08/05/06
Another reason  DarthRidiculous | 08/05/06
I was sure Apple didn't sell it's OS seperately  quantumstate | 08/08/06
Other reasons  TJGeezer | 08/05/06
moron...you are the only one mentioning Linux...  mdsmedia | 08/06/06
No Way!!!!  linux for me | 08/07/06
Sounds like the M$ crowd doesn't quite get it  aceadrian1@... | 08/07/06
speaking of not getting it...  MSndrft | 08/07/06
Really?  diggyk@... | 08/07/06
Part of Linux that isn't secure...  harrisharris | 08/07/06
I'd rather use Unix.  MSndrft | 08/07/06
Script embedded in what Div Tags a CSS Trojan LOL  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
the only reason?  springerj | 08/07/06
"The writing is in the article" you should read it.  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
Ahhhhh Ha ha Ha Ha You asked them to hack now you are hacked  mjbad2 | 08/05/06
You don't even...  TimeBomb | 08/05/06
Ha ha, now I want them to hack Apple and Sun  Boot_Agnostic | 08/05/06
You filthy luddite  quantumstate | 08/08/06
If you've got the room to spare, fine  Boot_Agnostic | 08/08/06
It took them how long to figure this out?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 08/05/06
What? Security Flaws? NO WAY!  homequickfinder | 08/06/06
Huh?? You know of a more secure Windows version?  mdsmedia | 08/06/06
The most secure version of Windows...  AckItsMe2 | 08/07/06
DOS  IceTheNet@... | 08/08/06
DOS=command line  quantumstate | 08/08/06
this was the whole point of the conference  corticus | 08/07/06
Now you've done it!  gsuser | 08/07/06
Drivers....  AckItsMe2 | 08/07/06
Not to start a war  armith@... | 08/07/06
difficult to implement a 100% efficient kernel  lostinlodos | 08/07/06
You have to be joking...  AckItsMe2 | 08/07/06
I agree ... but it is still funny  dbrimlow | 08/07/06
That was the point  lostinlodos | 08/14/06
In reply to that  viruser ZDNet Moderator | 07/17/07
A Vista Feature... give me a break...  Resuna | 08/07/06
Thank you Microsoft  Bennopia | 08/07/06
It is sad that the headline is so misleading  Patronus | 08/07/06
Thank you for saying it  mmadink | 08/07/06
Vista Doesn't Matter  Sheeva | 08/08/06
So, this news trumps: Every Mac OSX clieb is vulnerable?  DanielB | 08/08/06
Vista hacked at Black Hat  cosmicfoole@... | 08/08/06
hacked?  dinosaur2 | 08/08/06
Hacked  Ronspruell | 08/08/06
$20000 to 'sign' the code, there is much motivation to hack around  GreatInca | 08/09/06
Only a few hundred to sign code once  georgeou | 08/10/06
Vista Hacked...  mikeald | 08/16/06

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