Re: HW access allowed ?

DAVID BALAZIC (david.balazic@uni-mb.si)
Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:10:15 +0100 (MET)

>> A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't
>> want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger.
>
>i.e "a real OS can telepathically tell whether you really intended to
>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda or if it was just an accident"

How is this related to :
- only kernel has HW access vs.
- userland programs have HW access ????

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