Hey All, Let me get this right. Is this the architecture we are looking at:
+------------------------------------------+ | Applications | +------------------------------------------+ | Assemblies | +------------------------------------------+ | Drivers | +-----------------+ | | Abstraction | | +-----------------+------------------------+ | Kernel | +------------------------------------------+ I propose: +------------------------------------------+ |A Applications | -> Includes CAS/MSIL +------------------------------------------+ |A Assemblies | -> Includes CAS/MSIL +------------------------------------------+ |U Unification | -> Last layer of CAS. Hardcoded security checks. +------------------------------------------+ | Drivers Runtime S| -> Can only be accessed by unification. +-----------------+ S| -> GAC/JIT etc. | Abstraction S| S| -> Machine code is valid. +-----------------+------------------------+ | Kernel K| -> Can only be accessed by layer above. Pure Machine code. +------------------------------------------+ As such, we would have the following layers (letters in above diagram): Kernel System Unification Application Each only able to access the one directly below it. In a classical filesystem this would relate to: K: /Assembly/Kernel/image.bin : Needs WriteKernel privelage enforced in U S: /Assembly/System/* : Needs WriteSystem privelage enforced in U U: /Assembly/Unification/* : Needs WriteUnification privelage A: /Assembly/Application/* : Needs Install privelage A: /Programs/* : Needs Install privelage Jonathan Chayce Dickinson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
