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On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Cestonaro, Thilo (external) wrote:

> Hey,
>
> is it right, that the NX Bit is not used under i386-Arch but under x86_64-Arch?
> When yes, is there a special argument for it not to be used?
>
> Ciao Thilo
I don't think so - some i386 cpus definitely have support for the NX bit.

Would having this be supported in i386 help debugging (and security) 
significantly?

William Heimbigner
icxcnika@mar.tar.cc