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Popularity of the no-execute NX bit significantly postdates Unix. As I recall, Microsoft only started flipping it on by default for the 64-bit Windows NT kernel
by twoodfin 5y ago
Popularity of the no-execute NX bit significantly postdates Unix. As I recall, Microsoft only started flipping it on by default for the 64-bit Windows NT kernel, since so many preexisting 32-bit applications relied on self-modifying code.