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I might be very stupid but can someone tell me if it's something common in FOSS operating systems to have unencrypted kernel, or is this really something unique
by Twisell 10y ago
I might be very stupid but can someone tell me if it's something common in FOSS operating systems to have unencrypted kernel, or is this really something unique and potentially very risky?
(ND: I know macOS is far from FOSS, but it's just to have a comparison point. Shouldn't FOSS kernel be open by definition?
- yarrel 10y agoFree software operating systems don't tend to encrypt resources against their users. If the users want to encrypt them that's another matter. If the Linux kernel was encrypted, you'd expect the (root) user to be able to unencrypt it.
- jlarocco 10y agoThe article is phrased in such a way as to make Apple look good. They're not releasing source code, they're just not encrypting the binary image any more, which basically makes them the same as everybody else in that respect. Encrypting the kernel image was an attempt to prevent jailbreaking and hide security vulnerabilities, and as far as I know, nobody else ships an encrypted kernel image because those reasons don't make sense on most other platforms.