> Don't get me wrong - this isn't some "back on the old times stuff was better" - but i really feel this path in computing should have been pursued more. Itani

> Don't get me wrong - this isn't some "back on the old times stuff was better" - but i really feel this path in computing should have been pursued more. Itanium had security segments; they are probably described in the book IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design and Implementation. One of the Itanium designers founded Secure64 Software[0]. They sold Itanium DNS appliances and the OS used the security segments. The linked page describes some of the security features of Itanium; I'm not sure how many of them are found on other platforms. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure64_Software#SourceT_Micro_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure64_Software#SourceT_Micr...