Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Hardwired drivers are going away? | From | Florian Weimer <> | Date | Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:39:01 +0100 |
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"Mr. James W. Laferriere" <babydr@baby-dragons.com> writes:
> Hello Alan , > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote: >> > 1. security, if you don't need any modules you can disable modules entirly >> > and then it's impossible to add a module without patching the kernel first >> > (the module load system calls aren't there) >> >> Urban legend. > I do not agree . Got proof ? Yes that is a valid question .
http://www.phrack.org/phrack/58/p58-0x07
Globally preloading a shared library in user space is almost as effective, BTW, unless your critical binaries are linked statically (which is unusual on most systems nowadays).
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