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    Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH enscribed thusly:
    > In message <19990612211802.A28762@chelm.cs.nmt.edu>, yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu
    [...]

    > | > Also more secure, or at least less simple to do evil things if broken in to

    > | So someone breaks in and is able to either trash module objects or
    > | run insmod, and if there are no module objects, that person can
    > | now do less damage?

    > If they can run insmod or trash module objects, they can replace the kernel
    > and run lilo, then force a reboot. I see no security improvement, and it's
    > not *that* much harder.

    But a reboot is detectable...

    > --
    > brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
    > system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
    > carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH
    > We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.

    Mike
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