cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha mem.c src/sys/alpha/confmem.c memdev.h src/sys/conf NOTES files files.alpha files.amd64 ...

[Matteo Riondato]

Il Lun, 2004-08-02 alle 14:14, Dag-Erling Smørgrav ha scritto:
> Matteo Riondato <rionda at riondato.com> writes:
> > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> > > The other good news of course is that it is now possible to build a
> > > kernel that does not have /dev/mem and /dev/io - that's pretty
> > > significant from a security point of view.  Thanks!
> > Can you please explain why it's signficant?
> 
> /dev/mem and /dev/io are back doors to a system's memory and hardware,
> which allow you to bypass all error and credential checks once you've
> gained access to them.
> [SNIP]

Thanks, You were really clear.
Best Regards
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