Re: noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-23 Thread Boudewijn Dijkstra
Op Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:19:27 +0100 schreef Hess THR : I mean.. did it ever happened in the history that a microphone driver sent its data via the network? Quite unlikely with open source drivers. And even load-modules can be checked to see which kernel functions they

Re: noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-19 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:19:27PM +0100, Hess THR wrote: > I mean.. did it ever happened in the history that a microphone driver sent > its data via the network? > > if these attacks aren't very likely, then I was just loudly thinking.. > > wouldn't it be great to held some idea day for:

Re: noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-19 Thread Hess THR
diot ideas, but maybe 1 great, who knows. > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 at 8:58 PM > From: "Hess THR" <hessnovth...@mail.com> > To: misc@OpenBSD.org > Subject: Re: noob question: driver separation? > > Hello, > > nono, just in theory.. or it doesn't worth it

Re: noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-19 Thread Hess THR
Hello, nono, just in theory.. or it doesn't worth it? > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 at 11:05 AM > From: "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <mailinglists.boudew...@indes.com> > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: noob question: driver separation? > > Op Fri, 16 Feb 20

Re: noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-19 Thread Boudewijn Dijkstra
Op Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:51:12 +0100 schreef Hess THR : Hello, are there any (at least on plan or theoretical level) that drivers will be/are/would be separated? ex.: - touchpad drivers shouldn't have to do anything with network access - wireless drivers shouldn't be

noob question: driver separation?

2018-02-16 Thread Hess THR
Hello, are there any (at least on plan or theoretical level) that drivers will be/are/would be separated? ex.: - touchpad drivers shouldn't have to do anything with network access - wireless drivers shouldn't be able to touch anything from ex.: /home - graphics/wireless/sound/disk/etc.