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SubjectRe: Question about /dev/mem and /dev/kmem
Jim Nelson wrote:

> I was looking at some articles about rootkits on monolithic kernels,
and had a thought. Would a kernel config option to disable write >
access to /dev/mem and /dev/kmem be a workable idea?


Yes, its a workable idea, and in fact, has already been implemented in
grsecurity.

http://www.grsecurity.net/features.php

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