Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 16:16:50 +0100 |
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On Mer, 2006-05-17 at 16:53 +0200, linux cbon wrote: > We dont need 2 kernels like today. > All "dangerous code" should be in kernel.
The kernel is even more privileged than the X server so putting dangerous code there is counterproductive. Security comes about through intelligent design decisions, compartmentalisation, isolation of security critical code segments and the like. If you merely put shit in a different bucket you still have a bad smell.
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