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From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, Former About.com Guide to Network Security

What is ASLR?

Friday July 25, 2008
Windows Vista includes a variety of security features not found in previous operating systems such as Windows XP. One of these features is ASLR. ASLR is like a shell game used by Windows Vista to make it exceptionally more difficult for an attacker to execute an exploit or malware successfully. Learn more about ASLR and how it protects Windows Vista by reading this Quick Tip. What is ASLR?

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June 19, 2009 at 9:27 pm
(1) ron says:

This page is REALLY annoying. I get a link to a page that purports to tell me something, instead it tells me to link to another page. Just give me the final link!

June 19, 2009 at 9:54 pm
(2) netsecurity says:

I am not sure what search engine brought you here, but this isn’t a ‘page’ its a blog post. The point of the blog post is to mention and promote the actual information- which it links to.

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