Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:31:09 -0800 (PST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: 3dfx - a security hazard? |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, David Luyer wrote: > > Because if you want anyone to be able to play games, you give them 3dfx > access - ideally you'd want a group 3dfx[1]. If there's a way to crash the > system with 3dfx, then you're not providing 3dfx properly, and you're just > inviting people to introduce a security hazard. > > The same is definitely not true of /dev/mem - access to that is definitely > restricted, and everybody knows that [or should].
Sorry, still not convinced. :)
Saying to a user who has just written his new flight simulator which requires access to /dev/mem "oh no - access to this device is definitely restricted!" is exactly the same as saying to another user whose new game needs access to /dev/3dfx "oh no - this device is a security hole, can't give you access to that!".
No difference, really.
Regards, Tigran.
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