Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 May 2003 16:22:22 +0100 |
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> M$ seems to treat everything as a disk file (even "pipes" are implemented > as temporary files).
So did original Unix, it was a disk file that was anonymous and just used the direct pointers to blocks for a ring buffer. Storing pipe data in RAM in the old days was a hideous waste of resources.
> There is NO reason a custom filesystem cannot be layered over other > filesystems. It might not be done today (though the references to "userfs" > keep showing up in such discussions).
Erez Zadoz (not sure of the spelling) did some stacking fs modules on Linux
> Fix the vulnerability. Then there won't be a virus.
But you don't know if its fixed and if there are any more holes without being able to detect attackers be they electronic or human.
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