> -----Original Message-----
>> No without a special added hardware. The I8086, 8088, 80188, 80186
>> have no memory protection implemented. First chip from Intel which
>> has memory protection is 80286 as I know.
>
> If this is correct, the users in ELKS are just symbolic. Any
> program can do what it wants, and every user with a program
> can get root access. BIG problem.
If my understanding is correct, yes. BICBW.
Surely the point of ELKS is that it's an *embedded* Linux system
(routers, settop boxen, etc), so even if multi-user is a possibility,
it's not a major design feature, eh? And if we're sticking the netstack
in userspace, this re-enforces the principle that "C2 compliant"
multi-user environment is a secondary point. Let alone the programming
nightmare a netstack in userspace presents to a coder <fx:unfond
memories of coding network daemons for BeOS, who's netstack is also in
userspace>
-Darran
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