Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export.

Mike Touloumtzis
2003-05-14T07:32:17Z

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 05:52:17AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > cat >/sbin/swapoff
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /sbin/swapoff.real
> > /sbin/wipeswap
> > ^D
> > chmod +x /sbin/swapoff
>
> OK...
>
> # rpm --freshen mount-2.11n-12.rpm
>
> swapoff get silently replaced AFAICT.

Your arguments for swap wiping in the kernel aren't making sense.
It's the distribution that must be made secure, not just the kernel.
And a secure distribution wouldn't nuke its own version of swapoff.

Of course, as others have already noted, you really want encrypted
swap rather than swap wiping at shutdown time.

miket