should I set DEP to always on?

J

james

DEP (data execution protection) should make the computer immune to all
buffer overflow attacks, right?

Has anyone set DEP to always on for all processes (vista 32-bit)? Are there
alot of crashes or even corrupt files?
 
F

FromTheRafters

james said:
DEP (data execution protection) should make the computer immune to all
buffer overflow attacks, right?
Click to expand...

Only the canary killers.
Has anyone set DEP to always on for all processes (vista 32-bit)?
Yes.

Are there alot of crashes or even corrupt files?
Click to expand...

No.
 

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