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This is exactly what I’d advocate for. There are many things that run in kernel space that don’t need to. The Mac model with user-land hooks is one model. EBPF from Linux (and Windows?) is another.

I’m sure the reason why Apple migrated was because of all of the bugs/crashes security companies kept introducing into the kernel with kexts. Apple had the ability to change their architecture on a whim because of they aren’t quite a beholden to backwards compatibility as Windows.

Microsoft could take this as an opportunity to make some major changes that would be more readily accepted by the market.




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