Begun the kernel wars have

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• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t Microsoft about to block kernel modules like this entirely? I thought I read that somewhere

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nope. They’re developing an alternative set of APIs in conjunction with security vendors for their products to use but it’s all still a long way off and will be optional to start with.

    Given the volume of mission-critical devices security products are installed on (which the CrowdStrike fuckup highlighted), getting them out of kernel space would be a huge risk reduction for the world.

    But an anticheat used by consumers on their personal devices for a game, not such a big deal.

    While I’m sure MS will eventually deprecate and then kill off third party kernel drivers, it could take a decade since MS has so much business (both internal and within their customer base) that relies on legacy crap.

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    • four@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, they’re planning to create a new way to do it, not disable the old way.
      And I think that a decade for disabling the old way is optimistic

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  • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, to stop another CrowdStrike, but it’s not a sure thing, yet there’s talk of api’s etc and wouldn’t surprise me if certain companies got a pass.

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    • Korne127@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hope so much that this will happen.

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