* Kevin Chadwick <kevlar...@yahoo.co.uk> [2010-05-05 18:00]: > I notice OpenBSD states one processor for applications and one for > boot. Does that increase security via priviledge/memory separation or > is it just because only one is used during boot?
the term "application processor" is misleading. once booted the processors are treated the same. one is just special up to the point where the secondary CPUs are spun up. well, in general, that is the story. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting
