Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 22:45:05 -0800 (PST) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: Lets get this right (WAS RE:MOSIX and kernel mods) |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Kamran Karimi wrote: > > > Albert, now you are getting the picture here. I used to discuss the > > technical issues before, but that was because I thought I was taking part > > in a genuine techincal discussion. Unfortunately this proved not to be the > > case. > > > > Most of the people opposing DIPC have never even looked at the > > documentaion, much less the code itself. The problem is, they think they > > are wiser than the rest of us, and have this divine obligation to save > > the Linux kernel from bloating. > [snip] > > This isn't the first time thats happened. <cough cough>Solar's no-exec > stack<cough cough>
Bad example.. the solar patch only offered limmited protection and Linus demontrated a much more efficiant method that was much less expensive.
Gerhard
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As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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