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In-reply-to: <3C62025D.4070102@edu.stadia.fi> (message from Antti Koskipaa on
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Subject: Re: FSDB and descriptor tables
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> From: Antti Koskipaa <antti DOT koskipaa AT edu DOT stadia DOT fi>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 20:28:13 -0800
> 
> So... The OS allows direct reading of the descriptors. Gotta test
> if they are writeable too... That would be a major security hole.

The instructions to write the descriptor tables _are_ privileged.