From: Wolfgang Kern on

Wannabee asked:

> no... I dont think it works.
> How can I confirm it?
>
> As far as I can see, the int5 code never executes,
> and the the messagebox does not run under ring0.
> maybe its to early to say.... how can I confirm that
> I am at ring0?

several checks:
__________
MOV eax,cs ;no zero extend required if >386
TEST al,07
JNZ sorry
isPL0:
__________
MOV eax,ds
VERW eax ;uses ax only anyway)
JZ canWRto
sorry:

Be aware of more troubles given by the paging mechanism.
So even you may have got PL0 you still may not have a page
'present' in memory.

A thorny way if you decide to follow this path.

__
wolfgang



From: Wolfgang Kern on

"Evenbit" wrote:

>> Don't waste you time Are, these simple minded folks can't associate
>> a picture of a rose with the name of a tool and just repeat all the
>> ill constructed BS after their master.

> People see what they *want* to see. You can't rally the "soldiers" to
> combat until you paint "targets" upon the enemy.

> I am beginning to suspect that Randy *strategically* chose the name
> "High Level Assembly" because it encourages people to engage him in
> the obvious debates. Had he called it "Hardly Like Assembly", we
> would hardly be aware of HLA's existence.

Mmh, :)
time to think about another interpretation of the letters in KESYS ?
OTOH I got enough business as things are, but who knows about future.

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wolfgang



From: CodeMonk on
//\\o//\\annabee wrote:
>
> Thanks for clearing that up :D
>

You Ling-Fu still weak, but improve much. Award you White Belt.

Continue you Katas and sparring with Joel.

- Scott
From: Frank Kotler on
Wolfgang Kern wrote:

....
> Mmh, :)
> time to think about another interpretation of the letters in KESYS ?
> OTOH I got enough business as things are, but who knows about future.

Has anyone used "SEXOS"? Ought to sell like hotcakes!

Best,
Frank
From: CodeMonk on

"Frank Kotler" <fbkotler(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:HDVBi.4$tB2.0(a)trndny05...
>
> Has anyone used "SEXOS"? Ought to sell like hotcakes!
>

Nope, that's a GOP distro and most of us don't lean that way :).

So back to your room with Foley and Craig. ;-)

- Scott