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Millions of lines of code, all running in supervisor mode.

One bug is all it takes to compromise the entire system.

The monolithic UNIX kernel was a good design in the 60s; Today, we should know better[0][1].

0. https://sel4.systems/

1. https://genode.org/

parent snvzz 10 months ago

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