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Yes. A number of security augmentations in Windows 7 required significant modifications to the operating system kernel and user space environment (almost to the
by Locke1689 16y ago
Yes. A number of security augmentations in Windows 7 required significant modifications to the operating system kernel and user space environment (almost to the point of a rewrite in some cases). These modifications cannot happen in Windows XP without turning Windows XP into Windows 7.
- mixmastamyk 16y agoNot enabled by default making them less effective than they should be.
- Locke1689 16y agoWhat are you talking about? This is prima facie untrue.
- mixmastamyk 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention#Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention#Windo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization#Microsoft_Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomizat... Backward compatibility prevents most of these from being utilized fully, a shame.
- Locke1689 16y agoASLR is mostly enabled, especially in 64-bit binaries. W^X protection is always enabled on 64-bit binaries. Service hardening and privilege separation are enabled by default always.