Oliver Wong wrote:
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2466995.JSvd6KvJoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Protect Linux / UNIX application from buffer overflows
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | A Buffer overflows is a serious security problem. It allows an
> > | attacker to inject executable code of their choice into an
> > | already-running application. With such problems in mind, Berger
> > | created a new program that prevents crashing and makes users safer.
> > `----
> >
> > http://technocrat.net/d/2007/1/1/12815
>
> When it was discovered that Vista offered a similar feature, this
> newsgroup ridiculed the approach, saying it would make software slower, and
> asked why didn't Microsoft just fix their broken software, instead of
> applying this "ugly hack".
Of course. When Microsoft did this it was laughed at by the Linux
pundits and this was nothing more a ugly hack. But now that Linux has
this it magically becomes a brilliant and essential feature and it
being portrayed as yet more Open Source "innovation."
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