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Linux 6.6's in-kernel SMB networking server graduates
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Oh, so the attack surface is much bigger than I realized. The NIC is probably the last thing I'd want writing directly to memory and bypassing the kernel.
I guess none of this will be enabled in desktop distros or even the majority of server distros...right?
I was under the impression this is already the norm for network equipment because the vast amount of data is no longer processable by the kernel. In fairness though that equipment most likely doesn't really consume the data but rather just forwards.