Re: [9fans] replace p9sk1 with something better(9front)

[lucio@proxima.alt.za]

> I think that I'd avoid putting the negotiation and certificate stuff (as
> such) in the kernel device.

Speaking as an amateur, I'd be tempted to investigate pushing the Plan
9 paradigm further and see how hard it would be to fragment the kernel
into asymmetric portions.  To be more specific, something of the
magnitude of TLS, or USB, ought to be constructed as a subkernel or a
super-driver, able to run on GPUs in parallel with the CPU-based
kernel.  Thinking on my feet, I'd say the important factor would be
the establishment of boundaries between modules that can only be
crossed with the right type of credentials.

How much of this is old hat to those of us who are close to academia I
can't guess, but not having seen much mention of similar concepts, I'm
curious if anything in this vein is being explored at all (I'm sure
something that would appeal to me is, there are close to an infinite
number of monkeys out there typing on pretty close to an infinite
number of keyboards and an even more infinite number of CPUs).

Lucio.