On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Simon Richter wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2000 buddy@r43h85.res.gatech.edu wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone has considered modifying the linux kernel such
> > that the modules may be 'locked'.
>
> Yes, there is, but since root has write access to kernel memory, it
> doesn't help much. From what I've heard on bugtraq, there are module
> loaders which can load modules even into a monolithic kernel.
OK, we need to plug that one as well...
Presumably you are referring to things like modifying /dev/kmem? Just
modifying that driver so it checks a flag somewhere before allowing an
open() should plug that one.
James.
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