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SubjectRe: Fw: signed kernel modules?
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On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 13:12 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > I've uploaded an updated module signing patch with Rusty's suggested
> > additions:
>
> Can someone please put this patch into some context, where it's not
> completely pointless? As is it does not make anything more secure.
> Why is the kernel more trustable than a kernel module?

Because it's not that hard to put the kernel onto read-only media or in
a flash chip to which you physically cut the Vpen line.

One solution is just to disallow modules altogether -- but that isn't
really ideal in a number of cases. Allowing only certain _known_ modules
is a more functional solution.

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dwmw2

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