22 Apr
2018
22 Apr
'18
11:51 p.m.
On Sun, 22 Apr 2018, Clem Cole wrote:
The difference is that todays systems from Windows to
UNIX flavors
stopped needed a dedicated swapping or paging space and instead was
taught to just use empty FS blocks. So today's hacker has grown up
without really knowing what /dev/swap or /dev/drum was all about -- in
fact that was exactly the question that started this thread.
Heh heh... I remember the day that Basser (SydU) got AUSAM running on
their spanking new VAX. It crashed, and it was traced to it swapping for
the first time in its life (before that, it merely paged).
Now, how many youngsters know the difference between paging and swapping?
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."