Re: [SC-L] Andy Tanenbaum on Linux's origins and security

2004-05-30 Thread Fernando Schapachnik
En un mensaje anterior, Kenneth R. van Wyk escribió: Andy Tanenbaum, the author of the MINIX operating system, recently posted an opinion piece on the origins of Linux. It's a fascinating albeit somewhat lengthy read -- see http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/ for the full text. People

Re: [SC-L] Andy Tanenbaum on Linux's origins and security

2004-05-21 Thread der Mouse
At the very end of the document, [Andy Tanenbaum] talks about the security of a microkernel system like (his own) MINIX vs. that of a monolithic kernel like Linux. He writes, With all the security problems Windows has now, it is increasingly obvious to everyone that tiny microkernels, like

[SC-L] Andy Tanenbaum on Linux's origins and security

2004-05-20 Thread Kenneth R. van Wyk
Andy Tanenbaum, the author of the MINIX operating system, recently posted an opinion piece on the origins of Linux. It's a fascinating albeit somewhat lengthy read -- see http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/ for the full text. At the very end of the document, he talks about the security of a