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From: ebergman@isis.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: UAE's - how are they detected
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Date: 25 May 91 05:49:57 GMT
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I understand that an UAE is raised when (among other conditions), a program
has written to an address outside of its address space.

How is this detected?  Furthermore, is every "wild write" caught in this
manner?  If no, what sort of mayhem goes undetected?

Terrell