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I was working at MS at the time and actually had access to the source code (my project involved devdiv). I don't remember the exact details, but I opted for not adding any of my "private" knowledge to the post.
I agree with you that I prefer looking at optimized assembly with symbols rather than following code through files (which are usually filled with #ifdefs and macros).
The next article will be posted early next week so I'd hate to spoil it for you.
Sebastian from MSRC here. I'll try to answer any questions
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Great work. Only one improvement I would like to see 1) Switch the web design away from javascript (at least for loading) or, 2) Implement some command line interface in cargo for searching crates and displaying it's description.
Another example is when keyboard apps need internet connectivity, it's a no-no for me.
"privileged userland process" is a circular way of saying administrator. They claim administrator is "ring 3" or "admin ring 3" which is super-confusing...
It doesn't seem a circular description but the full technical one, at least from a processor privilege point of view.
And I find it pretty amazing, they are invalidating the whole purpose of the UEFI without needing to execute ring0 code.
Actually, there are many integrity levels for user's processes in Windows: untrusted, low, medium, high and system. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb625963.aspx)
Don't see the point a blog requiring javascript enabled to load.