Protecting Your Code with Visual C++ Defenses

TOPICS:c++Code Defenses PCH Protecting Visual C++

Posted By: Sorin Mustaca March 9, 2010

Protecting Your Code with Visual C++ Defenses by Michael Howard

Executive summary:

Always compile with:
/NXCompat
/SafeSEH
/DynamicBase

In the header(PCH) always define:
#define _CRT_SECURE_CPP_OVERLOAD_STANDARD_NAMES 1

In the code call :
SetProcessDEPPolicy(PROCESS_DEP_ENABLE);

Note that some of these feature are available from Vista SP1.

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Sorin Mustaca

Sorin Mustaca, (ISC)2 CSSLP, CompTIA Security+ and Project+, is working since year 2000 in the IT Security industry and worked between 2003-2014 for Avira as Product Manager for the known products used by over 100 million users world-wide. Today he is an independent IT Security Consultant focusing on Cybersecurity, secure software development and security for IoT and Automotive. He is also running his personal blog Sorin Mustaca on Cybersecurity and is the author of the free eBook Improve your security .