Re: [FYI] New consumer chips with built-in buffer-overflow protection

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

Axel H Horns wrote:

> spin2cool writes "New Scientist has an article about how AMD and 
> Intel are planning on releasing new consumer chips with built-in 
> buffer-overflow protection. Apparently AMD's chips will make it to 
> market first, though, which some analysts think could give AMD an 
> advantage as the next round of chips are released. The question will 
> be whether their PR department can spin this into a big enough story 
> to sell to the Average Joe." 

Das ist natürlich ziemlich daneben. Schon die Darstellung, daß es sich
um einen Schutz handelt, ist pure PR. Wie viel es in der Praxis bringt,
kann man an Suns Erfahrungen sehen, oder bei Microsoft: Windows 2003 kam
mit ähnlichen Versprechungen, auch diese erfüllten sich nicht.

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