Re: Security stuff

["Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz" <draco@mi.com.pl>]

> > > I don't recall if the VDI vex_timv/butv/motv/curv call their vector routines
> > > in supervisor mode, but they might.
> > 
> > VDI does not matter, VDI is a part of GEM.
> 
> Personally, I don't really think all this protection is going to do much good
> if we don't do something about GEM as well. At least I always run GEM
> programs even when using MiNT.

I meant, GEM is not problem, because if security stuff would be available
and enabled, GEM must be started as root anyways... so all these proposed
changes don't touch this theme.

> What exactly _is_ the problem with GEM? Is it really something that all the
> new AESes, VDIs and desktops can't do something about?
> Does MiNT itself disallow other TRAPs than the bios, xbios and gemdos ones
> (if so, why?) from non-root processes or what?

The problem is not with GEM, but with thousands titles of GEM software,
which wants to access for example Cookie Jar and which can't be mostly
recompiled for new system.

Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz

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