> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 08:14:35PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > > OpenBSD of course cannot run in a Solaris zone. > > > > Right. Glad that is clear. > > > OpenBSD can run in a hardware zone, and when something it does (which > > we don't know yet) locks up that hardware zone, the only way to get > > the hardware zone back is to POWER THE MACHINE OFF. That is a lack > > of hardware zoning, or isolation. That is not what people paid a lot > > of money for. > > > > Yes, we all agree that is bad but this is an OpenBSD specific problem > and, whilst interesting, the reality is that there are no going to be > many people that are lunatic enough to run an untrusted third party > operating system on a machine of this class. Oh I get it. You can use a "trust relationship with your administrators" to get around the fact that Sun sold a piece of hardware which does not provide the isolation they promised in their white papers and documentation. I guess it is some modern creed. Ask for little, and accept it when you don't even get it.
