Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 1997 00:41:46 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Hans Lermen <> | Subject | Re: binfmt_mz inclusion [PATCH] |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> > This file in prinzipal is a preconfigured bootable dosemu hdimage, > > containing the FreeDos kernel and _one_ DOS-Application fired up in > > the config.sys via 'shell='. To start a *.dexe you need no special dosemu > > configuration, it will run 'out of the box'. > > Interesting. You realise that with a little hacking of the X code you > could make Linux the first OS to support secure DOS applets under > netscape ;) > > Alan
Well Alan, I'm seeing the smiley above, so I'm not sure you are kidding with me ;)
Anyway, it may be sufficiant to have a mimecaps entry pointing to a modified dosemu mkdexe script to pack an incoming *.exe into a hdimage. Because this one then would be totally isolated, a virus infected *.exe could only destroy the hdimage, ... but this one would be a tempfile anyway ;-) So yes, this would be a secure DOS applet under Linux.
Hans <lermen@fgan.de>
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