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A Tale of Two Pwnies (Part 1)

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Post by zurn »

zobzu wrote: post #66
sixcorners wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't Microsoft make an experimental kernel with managed code?

Note that managed code is just one feature of Singularity. They have many other important concepts (like SIPs). Plan9 ain't bad either. There's also different C# clones (that aren't based on Singularity)

I wonder if SIPs are new or did eg the various Java OSes or the Burroughs ALGOL based system do something similar?

Re: A Tale of Two Pwnies (Part 1)

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Post by jorgem »

wizzard wrote: post #32
jorgem wrote: post #3

So crazy. I wonder how long it took to come up with that attack? There must have been a ton of dead ends along the way.

Well, if you start from the last step (I want to load an NPAPI extension because I can gain control from one) and work backwards it seems a little less like stumbling in the dark. I liked the confirmation prompt bug though, that was icing on the cake.

Backwards... smart!
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