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book Systems Architecture 6th Edition by Stephen Burd cover

Systems Architecture 6th Edition by Stephen Burd

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0538475334
book Systems Architecture 6th Edition by Stephen Burd cover

Systems Architecture 6th Edition by Stephen Burd

Edition 6ISBN: 978-0538475334
Exercise 1
Viruses and other malware often exploit bugs known as buffer overflows in widely used software. One method of preventing these exploits in software running on current Windows versions is Data Execution Prevention (DEP). Investigate buffer overflows and DEP. How does DEP prevent malicious attacks via buffer overflows? Is it always effective? Why might a user or administrator disable DEP?
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