Re: how to crash your OS

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- flash  wrote:

> Hardware Abstraction Layer.
> It's function is to shield the hardware from apps.
> It is supposed to
> prevent apps from accessing the hardware directly;
> apps have to go
> through the HAL first, which acts as an arbiter and
> prevents any one app
> from locking up all the resources. In theory.

> packet analysers (or sniffers); these apps require
> direct access to the
> network interface card. When a sniffer goes down, it
> generally takes the
> whole OS down with it

Interesting. Well, I guess there are always going to
be a few exceptions.


Jordan