On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 03:40:29PM -0400, John Mahoney wrote: > --snip-- > > > 1. no system can be 100% secure, but we can try to be closure. > > 2. Writting a rootkit in kernel space could be 100 times harder compared to > > security attacks in user space for cases like where you can assess complete > > memory map. > > > > I think I am making my point more cleare now. > > > > > Basically, this boils down to the ancient debate of microkernel vs > monolithic kernel. In Linux all memory is accessible by root regardless of > /dev/mem. > > -- > John Via simple pointers? -- Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
