[Cryptography] Use Linux for its security

[Bill Frantz]

On 9/27/16 at 8:48 AM, leichter at lrw.com (Jerry Leichter) wrote:

>Not.
>
>"Critical and high-severity security bugs in the upstream 
>kernel have lifespans from 3.3 to 6.4 years between commit and discovery."
>
>http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/linux-kernel-security-needs-fixing/

I will note that most of the kernel security bugs they found 
were in device drivers. CapROS has managed to run Linux device 
drivers as "user mode" programs. That means that many of the 
protections the OS provides apply to device drivers also. CapROS 
is released under GPL. Perhaps Linux should adapt the idea, and 
even some of the code, to their problem.

Cheers - Bill

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