RE: [MiNT] XaAES / GEM memory issues

[Jo-Even.Skarstein@vital.no]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz [SMTP:draco@obta.uw.edu.pl]
> Sent:	Friday, January 12, 2001 3:32 PM
> To:	MiNT mailing list
> Subject:	RE: [MiNT] XaAES / GEM memory issues
> 
> For example, because if the AES is allowed to obtain these privileges,
> then in fact anyone (any process) can obtain the same and crash the system
> (this is called an exploit). There is no reliable way to verify whether
> 
This is just paranoid IMHO... When somebody starts to write exploits for
MiNT I might change my view, but considering that it has been years (7-8
atleast) since the last virus hit the Atari I don't consider exploits to be
a real-world problem.

> the process which is just requesting F_OS_SPECIAL, is the "right" one, and
> not, for example, a demo which just changed its name to "AESSYS" a while
> 
Only one process should be allowed to have F_OS_SPECIAL. If somebody wants
to protect themselves from exploits and don't want to use a current AES,
supply a small program (with source ofcourse) that grabs this but otherwise
doesn't do anything. Or simply disable it in mint.cnf...

Ofcourse, when we have an AES that doesn't need this, and this AES is
atleast as capable as it's competitors, F_OS_SPECIAL should be removed.

Jo Even Skarstein

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