RE: [SC-L] How do we improve s/w developer awareness?

2004-11-14 Thread Aleksander P. Czarnowski
Hi, > We certainly have a lot to learn from the other communities, but > security is > worse than the other *-ilities, because it is more difficult to see. > Consumers can tell which operating system is easier to use, and > which one is > faster, but there is no way to know which is more secure

RE: [SC-L] Segments, eh Smithers?

2006-04-04 Thread Aleksander P. Czarnowski
Some quick thoughts on this subject regarding x86 architecture: - I think we need to define better the term segment, because you also have selectors in case of flat mode - secondly you can provide some protection mechanism using not only rings but also memory pages and descriptor check, page dire