03-21, 17:30–17:55 (Europe/Ljubljana), PA
I mean, let's be real, a fully modular kernel? sounds awesome, you know what's not so awesome? Trying to think of a security architecture for it!
This talk will cover some of the classic methods of security when it comes to kernels and operating systems, then it will throw those backward ideas out of the window because basically none of them are compatible with my idea of a fully modular kernel! but then you might ask, a fully modular kernel? Well i've been working on this "side" project in my free time for quite a while, it's a custom kernel where (almost) all components of the kernel are loadable modules, that means you can switch out parts of your kernel whenever you want! Which sounds perfectly awesome, but just so happens to be a security nightmare! In any other currently popular operating system allowing any user to load kernel modules is a terrible idea, but maybe it doesn't have to be in my custom kernel?
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