Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:17:00 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: A system for rebootless kernel security updates |
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On Thu 2008-04-24 16:26:44, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > Jeff Arnold wrote: > > >I've put together an automatic system for applying > >kernel security patches to the Linux kernel without > >rebooting it, and I wanted to share this system with > >the community in case others find it useful or > >interesting. > > Hmm, the idea seem to be patented by Microsoft, i.e. > this patent from December 2002: > > http://www.google.com/patents?id=cVyWAAAAEBAJ&dq=hotpatching > > (and other patents by Microsoft if you search for > "hotpatching").
...so US will not be able to fix security holes without reboot, good. Perhaps they fix their stupid laws after next worm outbreak...
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