"Michael T. Babcock" wrote:
> My boss and I were having a discussion on OS security for servers the
> other day and the issue of ring levels came up. We were discussing how
> NT handles ring levels on x86 machines and were wondering if Linux makes
> use of them at all to make process security (memory writing, etc.) more
> secure or if this functionality in the chip is ignored. If the latter,
> what are the reasons for not using it? If the former, how much security
> is being gained?
>
of course , without this hardware protection there will be no security, a
process can't touch the kernel space and other proceses space
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