Re:Porting third-party programs to TempleOS
by moreInfo1234 on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:55AM
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To elaborate on the reasoning behind why it may be necessary to throw the machine out, for the people who aren't familiar:
Given full access to the hardware, it's possible (though I haven't tested it to be certain) to flash the BIOS. The machine could be bricked by a remote exploit.
Re:Porting third-party programs to TempleOS
by masklinn on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:53AM
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> Given full access to the hardware, it's possible (though I haven't tested it to be certain) to flash the BIOS.
Or the firmware in hardware parts. An attacker with the know-how can not only brick but control your GPU or SSD.
* No possibility of a secure experience via strict privilege separation (e.g. strict usage of multiple account, inconvenient but protects against alteration of personal data)
* A ring0 program has unfettered access to the hardware, so the machine itself may be compromised, a breach is not "format & reinstall" let alone "run a bunch of antiviruses" it's possibly "throw the whole machine into the bin and buy a new one".
> And web browsers seemed to take off before Windows NT was the more popular desktop kernel.
Windows 98 didn't run in ring0. It was crap, but not that crap.