Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!ihnp4!houxm!mhuxl!eagle!harpo!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: DR11-W to Model-1/20 on 4.1 BSD - (nf) Message-ID: <1031@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Mon, 2-Jan-84 11:32:03 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1031 Posted: Mon Jan 2 11:32:03 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Jan-84 02:47:25 EST References: fortune.2039 Lines: 7 Using /dev/kUmem is a really good way to crash the system. If you try to touch a non-existent address, the system crashes (at least our 4.1 system did). Not too healthy. Besides, you can write all over ANYTHING with it. Not too good for system security. I mean, suppose you accidently write on the disk drive registers? =S