Talk:Data Execution Prevention

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Isn't DEP just a form of Trusted Computing? --Nate3000 20:38, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] No

No, in TCPA the software must be digitaly signed in order to run. DEP only makes that the the data in the memory zones of the RAM can't be executed —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.15.234.153 (talk • contribs) .

And, very important to the end-users (consumers) of Microsoft products: Software Based DEP is a lie. It does not protect from what you described. Instead it protects from another type of attack (SEH handler overwrite) that occured only one time. We tested it, why do people still have to patch???? Here is a long list of exploits we have tested, Windows Software DEP was only one of the products tested: [1]

Let's keep wikipedia honest! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.180.160.218 (talk • contribs) .

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