Mail Archives: opendos/1997/04/26/08:10:34
At 08:08 PM 24/04/97 +0000, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
>On 24 Apr 97 at 13:25, Lorier wrote:
>
>> Hmm, we almost need a
>> "operating-system-general-discussion-and-theory-that-doesnt-really-amount-to
>> -terribly-much-but-has-some-really-fascinating-ideas" mailing list :)
>
>It's called comp.os.misc, BTW!
I should start reading news :)
Personally I like mailing lists better :)
>> Post your ideas, they sound fascinating. apparently the Vax have some
>> scheme where you can place "alarms" on certain files for when they are
>> accessed. (for example the shadow password file... someone reads it who
>> isn't in the "your allowed" catagory mails root, and runs shutdown -h now" :)
>
>Well, all these features are implementable, but putting them all in makes
>the filer rapidly bigger and slower! Therefore, I would suggest opting
>for a simple architecture, but with a well defined extension system.
>
>EG, a file header has an optional field specifying a monitor module. This
>is a DLL that is notified of all access to the file. It can refuse access,
>if it performs an authentication role. It can log access. It can do all
>sorts of fun things like that.
I like it.
I think we should have a system like linux, compile in the stuff you need :)
optimise it for your uses....
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