[Gllug] Linux can lock down the core, apparently

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

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 ?

http://www.ganssle.com/misc/wom1.jpg

Gabriel.



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