Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: another kconfig target for building monolithic kernel (for security) ? | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:22:26 +0200 |
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On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 12:43 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 03:03:55PM +0200, devzero@web.de wrote: > > > i want to harden a linux system (dedicated root server on the internet) by recompiling the kernel without support for lkm (to prevent installation of lkm based rootkits etc) > > Loading modules via /dev/kmem is trivial thanks to a bunch of tutorials and > examples on the web, so this alone doesn't make life that much more difficult for attackers.
/dev/kmem should be a config option too though
(and /dev/mem should get the filter patch that fedora has ;-)
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