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I heard modern OS protection mechanisms prevent debuggers do things like SoftICE did. Is it true? Where can I grab more information?
by hnthrowaway0328 3y ago
I heard modern OS protection mechanisms prevent debuggers do things like SoftICE did. Is it true? Where can I grab more information?
- stevenwoo 3y agoI don’t know about that sorry. It did let you suspend Windows totally, not sure how different that is than today. I had to take over responsibility for a device driver in windows 95/98 era and SoftICE offered a better debugger than microsoft for the task under Windows at that time.
- vardump 3y agoWindows kernel debugger also lets you to totally suspend Windows. You can configure it to connect over ethernet.
- saagarjha 3y agoDesigning a debugger like SoftICE is unnecessary now: modern processors support virtualization, which means you can run the entire OS inside a VM and debug it from your hypervisor.