Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 May 2006 19:11:33 +0300 | From | Stas Myasnikov <> | Subject | Re: replacing X Window System ! |
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Hi,
>>> 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. > With "dangerous code" I meant : code which *could be > potentially dangerous* like accessing directly the > hardware etc. > That code should be only in the kernel.
It's your opinion only.
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