Vulnerability Development: Re: Positive uses for rootkits

[Big Woz <angrybob () HAVOC GTF ORG>]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 09:00:30PM -0500, The Attitude Adjuster wrote:
> OTOH, if the operating system were designed such that there was no avenue
> for arbitary code to ever be executed as "kernel mode", it would be a
> "winnable" game.
>
> What types (if any) of x86-based operating systems are there that are
> designed in this manner? I'm showing my ignorance here in not being able
> to articulate the formal name of this type of design.
I think that plan-9 is what you're looking for.... <smile>

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/

Though, it's not really a practical OS yet.

--adam