* 'DieHard' Wards off Memory Attacks
posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Jan 2007 17:51 UTC, submitted by netpython
IconA US computer scientist and a Microsoft researcher have devised a program that drastically reduces application crashes and can prevent some types attack by altering the way applications use memory. The program, called DieHard, officially launched over the holidays, following development that was funded by large grants from Microsoft, Intel and the US' National Science Foundation.
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