[Gllug] Linux can lock down the core, apparently

Peter Childs peterachilds at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 14:07:50 UTC 2007


On 20/06/07, salsaman at xs4all.nl <salsaman at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On Wed, June 20, 2007 15:03, Tom Weissmann wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I saw this in an article (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/54830.html)
> > and wondered what it meant - does anyone know?
> >
> >> Today's operating systems are vulnerable to intrusion because they
> >> live on a device that permits write-only access, according to
> >> Steinberg. For instance, the core component in the Windows OS is not
> >> locked down, but Linux can lock down the OS, making it the OS of
> >> choice for solid-state computers.
>
> You mean they found an application for write-only-memory ?
>
>
Probably they mean either Read-Only-Memory (ROM) or Write Once Memory.  Not
Write only memory,  I mean if you want that I think your printer might do
the trick nicley.

Peter
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