Star Microsoft Details IE 8 Security Default Change
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Apr 2008 21:53 UTC
Internet Explorer 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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by Kroc on Thu 10th Apr 2008 06:42 UTC
Kroc
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2005-11-10

But not on Windows XP, despite DEP being available.
Here starts obsolescence!

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by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 10th Apr 2008 07:11 in reply to "RE"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

But not on Windows XP, despite DEP being available.
Here starts obsolescence!


Well, XP is now 7 years old. Gotta pull the plug some time.

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by Kroc on Thu 10th Apr 2008 07:24 in reply to "RE"
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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.

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by Darkelve on Thu 10th Apr 2008 07:24 in reply to "RE"
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2006-02-06

Well, before they pull the plug, I hope they first deliver a decent operating system to follow it up (i.e. not Vista).

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