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Re: Re[2]: WinXP SP2 and inline machine code calling

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Sep 15, 2004
• 419 views

Akusaya wrote:
> 
> However on the MS site it says:
> 
> Software-enforced DEP
> 
> An additional set of data execution prevention security checks have
> been added to Windows XP SP2. These checks, known as software-enforced
> DEP, are designed to mitigate exploits of exception handling
> mechanisms in Windows. Software-enforced DEP runs on any processor
> which is capable of running Windows XP SP2. By default,
> software-enforced DEP only protects limited system binaries,
> regardless of the hardware-enforced DEP capabilities of the processor.
> 
> 
> So without the new CPU, just using winxpsp2 it will be blocked?
> 
> How is it, Rob?

I installed SP2 a couple of weeks ago.
The many Euphoria programs that I've tried 
run exactly the same as before. Poked code can still
be executed out of a data segment.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com