Windows XP SP2 Almost Final

Originally Posted by tAz

i'm interested in the memory protection features of SP2, do you guys know of any link where tests (and results) were made regarding this? (e.g. testing slammer, codered, or even simple BOF code)

I think that even if this is implemented, some viruses will still be able to circumvent it, since it's not forced by the MMU (Memory Management Unit) of the corresponding CPU platform. I think only until this kind of protection fully implemented "in very close relation" to hardware such as the NX bit of the 64-bit's AMD CPUs (AFAIK Intel is implementing the NX bit) this will become an effective solution for the BOF attack.