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Re: Hmm...: This was my understanding, and I've had half a pint of Jack Daniel's, so bear with me and please correct me if I'm wrong.

Buffer overflows work by writing past the end of a buffer into the next instruction. This works because data is data. NX is supposed to work around this by having two types of data storage: instruction (executable), and data (non-executable). I'm not 100% on how this is going to help anything. I can make a few somewhat educated guesses, most likely wrong, but I'm sure the slashdot crowd on the way in will know much better than I do.

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Strongly typed languages with well written code don't have buffer over runs.

So, how does the CPU protect us from the bad code which does?; Posted by: cuervo_z Posted on: 05/17/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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DRM anyone? No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/17/04

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