Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 10:03:55 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: rabtter@aye.net (B. Richardson) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I want to break binary compatibility. Message-ID: <199808220003.KAA16116@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.980821185606.1979A-100000@orion.aye.net> from "B. Richardson" at "Aug 21, 98 07:12:40 pm"
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B. Richardson wrote: > What I want to do, if possible is build a uniq system such that binaries > from other systems will not run on it and vice versa. Is this possible? Since you have all the sources to the kernel, you have control over what executable formats the kernel will recognize. Why not try your own binary format that differs in a way known only by you? You could create a tool that converts an aout or elf executable into your proprietary format. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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