Rings 1 and 2 are still very much present in your desktop x86 machine; Your OS j...

		colejohnson66 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DEF Con 32 – AMD Sinkclose Universal Ring-2 Privil... Rings 1 and 2 are still very much present in your desktop x86 machine; Your OS just doesn't use them. X86-S will remove them, but no CPUs implement that reduced architecture, and Intel has made no public announcements about future generations that will.