[rescue] NeWS
der Mouse
mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA
Tue Jan 24 13:57:13 CST 2006
> The Windows driver system allows layered drivers which not only allow
> software houses to install viral programs which hurt my system and my
> ability to use it, but open up security holes all the way to ring
> zero.
To be fair, lots of Unix variants do this too. Anything that supports
vendor-provided binary-only drivers has similar security properties,
whether it's Linux, OSX, or Windows.
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