Subject: Re: Looking ahead
To: NetBSD Embedded Systems Technical Discussion List <tech-embed@NetBSD.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@planix.com>
List: tech-embed
Date: 06/05/2007 13:22:07
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At Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:47:46 -0400, Allen Briggs wrote:
Subject: Looking ahead
>=20
> * Support for layered security for LKMs (LKMs have no access to
> 	ring 0 on x86?)

That last idea seems contrary to the very idea of embedded systems in
general, never mind contrary to fundamental good security goals overall.

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