From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: devzero@web.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: another kconfig target for building monolithic kernel (for security) ?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:43:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060429164331.GA26122@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093777985@web.de>
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.
Dave
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http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-29 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-29 13:03 another kconfig target for building monolithic kernel (for security) ? devzero
2006-04-29 16:43 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2006-04-29 21:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-30 10:57 ` Nix
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2006-04-29 17:11 devzero
2006-04-30 12:31 devzero
2006-04-30 13:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-30 23:07 devzero
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