Re: Endless overcommit memory thread.

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 07:12:51 EST


> > You have to have some per security level swap pools or randomising (and the
> > per security swap pool is more effective anyway) since it stops people slapping
> > a viterbi codec across the memory signalling and laughing at your randomised
> > errors.
> ---
> Good point....um, what's a "viterbi" codec? Now I wonder if a VMware

Forward error correction. Its a way of expanding your data knowing it will
take damage so that you can still recover it the other end.

> approach the type of compartmentalisation needed (?). Would have to figure
> out a way for different VM's at the same security level to communicate w/each
> other...

Alan

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