Category Archives: BSD

The History of a Security Hole

Posted onAugust 31, 2018byMichal Necasek

Warning: If you do not care for the finer points of x86 architecture, please stop reading right now—in the interest of your own sanity. A while ago I was made aware of a strange problem causing a normal user process … Continue reading →

Posted in386, BSD, Bugs, Documentation, PC history|44 Comments

BSD Buglets

Posted onJune 15, 2013byMichal Necasek

Last week I ran into two wholly unrelated problems while researching the history of BSD-derived Unix systems on PCs. Both are classics in their category and merit a closer look. Y2K Strikes Again The first issue is a very typical … Continue reading →

Posted inBSD, UNIX, x86|11 Comments