Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 May 2003 00:44:03 -0700 | Subject | Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. | From | Mike Touloumtzis <> |
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On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:52:17AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > cat >/sbin/swapoff > > #!/bin/sh > > /sbin/swapoff.real > > /sbin/wipeswap > > ^D > > chmod +x /sbin/swapoff > > OK... > > # rpm --freshen mount-2.11n-12.rpm > > swapoff get silently replaced AFAICT.
Your arguments for swap wiping in the kernel aren't making sense. It's the distribution that must be made secure, not just the kernel. And a secure distribution wouldn't nuke its own version of swapoff.
Of course, as others have already noted, you really want encrypted swap rather than swap wiping at shutdown time.
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