Re[4]: A modified version of GnuPG

[Max V. Zinal]

Friday, May 24, 2002, 9:07:19 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:

PG> "Max V. Zinal" <Zlat0@mail.ru> writes:

>>I think that I can write a small dummy device driver for NT-based system that
>>will allow a person with administrative rights to allocate a non-pageable
>>region of memory. It will take some time, I think, because I will have to find
>>DDK distribution for that purposes.

PG> You don't need to do that, there are already user-level functions which do
PG> this.  To save me having to regurgitate it all again, search sci.crypt or the
PG> archives of Perry Metzger's crypto list for "AllocateUserPhysicalPages" to find
PG> the details.

I  know about these functions. Please note that they are the part
of  Address  Windowing  Extensions  (AWE), and thus are supported
only  with W2K or higher. We should also remember that Windows NT
4 is still widely used.

Best regards,
        Max V. Zinal