Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel | Date | Sun, 13 Jun 1999 08:54:13 -0400 (EDT) |
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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.
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