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Understanding Mac OS X Kernel

Posted by timothy on from the deep-in-the-heart-of-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kernelthread.com has published a flash presentation overview of the Mac OS X kernel. Its title is 'A Tour of the Mac OS X Kernel' and it also covers Tiger features. Maybe interesting to note is that the slides are from a talk given to the NSA. Well, there is a nice security architecture diagram towards the end of the presentation."

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  1. inside the kernel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it give away the kernel's secret recipe?

  2. Re:amazing! by brilinux · · Score: 5, Funny


    What, did it turn it into a G5?

  3. Re:* Encrypted swap (optional, uses AES) by kerry-buckley · · Score: 5, Informative
    Wow.. So it looks like they finally fixed this security bug where the password could be discovered in the swap. Anyone know how to turn this feature on?
    There's a "use secure virtual memory" checkbox in the security preference pane.