Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Apr 2008 21:53 UTC
Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser. The software maker will enable DEP/NX by default in IE 8 when the browser is running on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, a major tweak aimed at mitigating browser-based vulnerabilities. DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) is already available in IE 7, but it's turned off by default because of compatibility issues.
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2005-11-10
Sure, but this is the security of the web browser on potentially hundreds of millions of computers. Being that flippant with other people's security is a terrible display of weakness and I hope it comes back to bite Microsoft hard.