pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat makes CrowdStrike so ubiquous that their error created such catastrophe?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down12
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhat makes CrowdStrike so ubiquous that their error created such catastrophe?pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoWhen an operating system allows a single misbehaving program to take down the whole computer and leave it unbootable. I thought we left that behind with Windows 95.
minus-squareBobby Turkalinolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoDrivers usually run in kernel space, where a crash can bring the whole system down. This is not exclusive to Windows
minus-squareCatsrules@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThat has been a thing forever. I doubt it will ever go away.
When an operating system allows a single misbehaving program to take down the whole computer and leave it unbootable. I thought we left that behind with Windows 95.
Drivers usually run in kernel space, where a crash can bring the whole system down. This is not exclusive to Windows
That has been a thing forever. I doubt it will ever go away.