lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Jun]   [20]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: Crusoe's persistent translation on linux?


    Xavier Bestel wrote:

    >Le ven 20/06/2003 à 02:16, Linus Torvalds a écrit :
    >
    >>So no, it wouldn't really benefit from it, not to mention that it's not
    >>even an option since Transmeta has never released enough details to do it
    >>anyway. Largely for simple security concerns - if you start giving
    >>interfaces for mucking around with the "microcode", you could do some
    >>really nasty things.
    >>
    >
    >Did you just write: "the Crusoe has special backdoors built-in which
    >would allow a userspace program to takeover the machine, and Transmeta
    >choose security through obscurity to avoid this problem" ?
    >Nice call for crackers :)
    >
    >

    Hmm, did you just write: "Linus, I take you for an imbecile" ? ;)


    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:36    [W:8.730 / U:0.032 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site