Comment by inigyou
2 days ago
Yeah a userland bug just gets all my passwords, SSH keys, personal secrets and whatever.
Say it with me - there's no practical difference.
2 days ago
Yeah a userland bug just gets all my passwords, SSH keys, personal secrets and whatever.
Say it with me - there's no practical difference.
You are talking about a single user system.
You can compartmentalise further.
Modern processors even give you these 'rings' to help with the hardware side of that, if you want to.
Yes, these are the standard excuses. But has anyone actually thought about them in the last twenty years, in the context of the way we actually use computers?
Eh, yes? Just look the discussions surrounding the development of any web browser? Or look at the permissions system in Android or iOS or on Mac (and perhaps even Windows?).
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