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From: waltje@minixug.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX Security
Message-ID: <91040521143@minixug.mugnet.org>
Date: 5 Apr 91 22:39:16 GMT
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cla@dobag.in-berlin.de (Christian Lampl) wrote:
>>Close to impossible on any machine that supports protected mode.  On a simple
>>286, it is IMPOSSIBLE to junk around in segments not belonging to the current
>>process...: Memory fault- core dumped !   :-) ^100
> 
>>Fred.
> 
> Yes, but even in some Unix Systems on the 386 it's junk around in segments
> not belonging to the current process ! For example Interactives System V R 3..
> on a 386 without mathematical co-processor ! A bug like this was posted in
> alt.hackers some weeks ago !

Interactive's IX/386 has more than one security hole.  Shall we continue the
IX/386 discussion on sub.os.unix, Chris?  I get that too, and it would free
these poor MINIX souls from  talk about bad design... :-)

Fred.

PS:	What happened to Mischi ?