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"Knight37" <knight37m@email.com> wrote in message
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> "Melketh" <abcdef@ghijk.com> once tried to test me with:
>
> > Cool
I can use that, my car hasn't been waxed in over a year. Hey,
> > I respect you and don't want to get into a flame war over this. yeah
> > people get it to work, and other people don't. It's merely a
> > suggestion/observation that I made with the given information.
> >
>
> I think a lot of people have bad experiences with SP2 because they have
> certain programs that do not work due to SP2's stricter memory protection.
> In SP1 a program can "accidentally" (or in the case of a trojan,
> intentionally) overwrite executable code regions with their own code (or
> just random data that when executed would just crash or do goofy things).
> If that new code has virus/trojan code in it, you're infected. SP2
> introduces NX support (no execute) which allows compatible processors to
> mark areas of memory as non-executable, which helps reduce security leaks
> using the above methods.
>
> If you want to read about all the security enhancements SP2 introduced
> (many of which can cause problems for apps that do not behave properly)
> then you can read about them here:
>
> http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6264_11-5222856.html#
>
> A quote:
>
> "I expect to hear screams of pain as people deploy SP2 and discover that
> legacy applications no longer work, but those are probably the same people
> who complain so loudly (and legitimately) that Microsoft doesn't deploy
> secure systems.
>
> Nearly every security expert knew that, at some point, Microsoft would be
> forced to bite the bullet and take a big compatibility hit in order to
> solidify operating system soft spots-many of which are due to legacy code
> support. Plus, the XP SP2 changes will force developers to produce more
> secure applications and not just take advantage of a permissive Windows OS
> to write code that doesn't pay attention to security."
>
> Note that SP2 still has security vulnerabilities. But they're at least
> working toward fixing them and SP2 is a step in the right direction.
>
> --
>
> Knight37 -
http://knightgames.blogspot.com
>
> Once a Gamer, Always a Gamer.
>
Excellent, I'll give that a read. Thanks!