site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:10 AM, Markus Hitter wrote: Am 02.11.2004 um 21:57 schrieb David Gatwood: Sometime in the recent past, Eric R Johnson wrote: David _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... Markus, to your point regarding the user-land Java app crashing the kernel... I couldn't agree more. There's been some bluster on the SF thread about writing a virus when they figure out the issue, but I think that's idle talk born of frustration. The potential is pretty ugly, though. The potential should be pretty much zero. A sudden kernel panic causes the loss of opened, but unsaved documents. It easily triggers the corruption of opened files. On a default OS X installation, the machine won't come up again without user interaction, resulting in a loss of all services hosted on this machine for a potentially long time. What else do you want to get the potential above "zero"? Sorry, should have been more clear. I meant the potential for using such a bug to help a virus propagate. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com