July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
7h 18m
English
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. | ||
| --THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING,J. R. R. TOLKIEN | ||
Software and hardware go together. Without software, hardware would be lifeless silicon. Without hardware, software cannot exist. Software ultimately controls a computer, but under the hood, it’s the hardware that implements the software code.
Furthermore, hardware is the ultimate enforcer of software security. Without hardware support, software would be totally insecure. Many texts cover software development without ever addressing the underlying hardware. This might work for the developers of enterprise applications, but it won’t work for rootkit developers. ...