Re: Save 320K on production machines?

From: Andre Tomt
Date: Sun Mar 26 2006 - 05:36:53 EST


Linda Walsh wrote:
<snip>
To minimize
problems, I disable unused hardware, and all _used_ hardware
is compiled in (no module loading overhead, no chances for
arbitrary code insertion).

FYI, rootkits have been able to cope with inserting kernel code without using the modules support for ages. It is only makes it marginally harder.

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Andrà Tomt
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