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SubjectRe: Modular Kernel Security
On 4 Aug 1999, Secret Squirrel wrote:

> Since the cracker/hacker community is actively drooling over this
> route to undermining security, isn't the time ripe to add some
> superior facilities to control kernel-module loading and authenticate
> modules ?

If an attacker can load modules, they are already root.

Tim.
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