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?

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Jonathan

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