Re: another kconfig target for building monolithic kernel (for security) ?

[Dave Jones]

On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 03:03:55PM +0200, devzero@xxxxxx 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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