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>    o	Ext2s module now loads
>
> Tried getting this patch through during 1.3; Linus rejected it as making
> it too easy for module to circumvent securelevel. The fix he wanted was
> write a functional interfaces so that it would be possible for ext2 to
> obtain the current securelevel settings, without being able to set it.

Garbage reason. You can load a module that patches the kernel if you can
load a module. Securelevel should stop module loads.

Alan


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