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Revolutional Solution for PCs
18 years ago
I know this could be boring for some people, but if anybody is interested, feel free to read.
Me and my father was talking about the good old series of old Personal Computers, such as Commodore 64. It was a very fantastic invention, if you had any problem during the running program, you just had to turn it off and on and it has standed up IN NO TIME indeed. It just has only one EPROM device what could not be rewritten or write into it accidentally he says.
By this conversation I've got a revolutional solution against the threat of viruses or against invading to the system files what makes more and more difficulties on your computer and we'd like to avoid this of course.
The solution would be the next one:
Make an only once writable device where the necessary real time programs supposed to be on that and the rest of datas should be on an infinitely writable-rewritable device such as a normal HDD. A virus comes and haha fuck you virus, trojans, ad-wares, etc you can not modify the only once writable device anymore.
I've been thinking on this why haven't the electronic companies done this so far? Answer for the question immediatelly came: Because antivirus producing companies could not have business by this solution what I was talking about before. They make the viruses and soon the antivirus.
This question is also as a terribly frustrating like the oil problem. Water run cars could have been produced long time ago but why didn't they allowed to do?... Because if anybody makes water run car, tomorrow that man is dead by the world government.
That's the Deal.
Me and my father was talking about the good old series of old Personal Computers, such as Commodore 64. It was a very fantastic invention, if you had any problem during the running program, you just had to turn it off and on and it has standed up IN NO TIME indeed. It just has only one EPROM device what could not be rewritten or write into it accidentally he says.
By this conversation I've got a revolutional solution against the threat of viruses or against invading to the system files what makes more and more difficulties on your computer and we'd like to avoid this of course.
The solution would be the next one:
Make an only once writable device where the necessary real time programs supposed to be on that and the rest of datas should be on an infinitely writable-rewritable device such as a normal HDD. A virus comes and haha fuck you virus, trojans, ad-wares, etc you can not modify the only once writable device anymore.
I've been thinking on this why haven't the electronic companies done this so far? Answer for the question immediatelly came: Because antivirus producing companies could not have business by this solution what I was talking about before. They make the viruses and soon the antivirus.
This question is also as a terribly frustrating like the oil problem. Water run cars could have been produced long time ago but why didn't they allowed to do?... Because if anybody makes water run car, tomorrow that man is dead by the world government.
That's the Deal.
A C64-et egyfajta oprendszerrel gyártották tudomisén hány évig.
A Wingyóz swap file-t igényel, a Registry-jét egészíted ki, akárhányszor telepítesz valamit. Az egész folyamatosan változik, emiatt természetesen karbantartást igényel.
Egy PC-n könnyey megél egymás mellett Linux és bármilyen windows, a wincsi partícióinak megfelelően.
EPROM-os rendszerrel hardverszinten is ki lennénk szolgáltatva Bilgécnek, stb...
Kelly Hősei filmben: "-Megitn ezek a negítv hullámok teszik tönkre az akciónkat. Nem érdekel, hogy, de meg csináljuk."
Ez úgy lenne, hogy ami alap program kell, akkor azt eleve felírni, kész.
Amíg a microsoft és a vezető piac van hatalmon, addig az van uralmon, hogy hogyan ne legyen kompatibilis az előzővel és vegye meg az új cuccokat hozzá történet.
Nemtom... Nekem akkor is furcsa a hardverszinten beégetett oprendszer gondolata. Ez alaphelyzetben egyféle konfigurációt feltételez, márpedig a hardvereszközök is folyamatosan fejlődnek. Veszel, ha akarsz, szívsz vele, ha akarsz.
Ez a rendszer hordozható gépeknél működne jól. PDA-k ban már így működik minden.
If it was flashable ROM, like most motherboard BIOSes and the firmware used in other electronic devices that allows for updates, that opens a door for virus writers and you would have the same problem. Even if the user had to give permission a virus writer could easily trick the user into agreeing to the update because it's easy to display a window that looks important and official.
Plus there would be no way to install new cool software if the machine was that locked down.
The best way to prevent getting viruses is for users to use the limited access accounts so the virus can't write to the program folders, but a lot of programs (on Windows) don't work in that mode which is why most everyone uses administrator mode to use Windows.
Things are better on Linux and Mac OS.
So if I needed to install Firefox for example it's (usually) as simple as typing:
emerge firefox
and it downloads, compiles, and installs everything that is needed.
But there is still a lot of configuration to be done by hand so it's definitely not a hands-off OS where you can set it up and forget it.
Ideally, motherboard manufacturers would program their firmware with perfection, but as standards change in the future, they have to issue firmware updates to prevent new problems or to offer increased functionality. This leaves the option of Having ships sent in to be replaced. Waste could be kept to a minimum by using EPROM (not EEPROM) or similar chips. But now this increases cost due to the quarts window...perhaps this could be reduced by using some sort of polymer. Also, the EPROM, if the foil shield was removed or dmaged, and the chip exposed to UV light (sunlight, blacklight) when the case was opened, or due to a window in the case, the chip could be erased or altered.
If the cost increases, this also may disrupt Moore's law.
One final thought. At what level is this hardware locked? For the most protection, it's locked at the OS level. This ensures that the OS is much more difficult to hijack, but also locks you into one particular version of an operating system, at least until the chip is upgraded. You could allow version changes and hardware lock just the Kernel, but if there's a change to the kernel version, it would require a chip update. Of course third party programs are still vulnerable to flaws and defects.
It's a good idea, please, don't get me wrong. Implementing it however, could be a logistical nightmare. I'll post more after work.