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Re:#include </etc/shadow> by rbanffy on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:02AM (#21825510)
One would be quite enough.
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Re:#include </etc/shadow> by fghtr on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:04PM (#21826874)
In fact, Qubes is using hardware virtualization IOMMU/VT-d [0], which has been escaped only once in 2006 by the project founder [1].

[0] https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/architecture/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pill_(software)

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Re:#include </etc/shadow> by rbanffy on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:19PM (#21827616)
I trust Joanna Rutkowska's competence, but I wouldn't bet too much on chip makers not messing up again in the future.

It will be progressively harder, but it will happen.

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