Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:51:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:50:23 -0500 Received: from home.wiggy.net ([213.84.101.140]:25536 "EHLO mx1.wiggy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:49:37 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:58:56 +0100 From: Wichert Akkerman To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Bootscreen Message-ID: <20030128145856.GE4868@wiggy.net> Mail-Followup-To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" References: <200301281144.h0SBi0ld000233@darkstar.example.net> <20030128114840.GV4868@wiggy.net> <1043758528.8100.35.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030128130953.GW4868@wiggy.net> <1043761632.1316.67.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030128143235.GY4868@wiggy.net> <20030128153533.X28781-100000@snail.stack.nl> <20030128144714.GC4868@wiggy.net> <1043765872.6760.27.camel@oubop4.bursar.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1043765872.6760.27.camel@oubop4.bursar.vt.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Previously Richard B. Tilley (Brad) wrote: > Could you explain this in more detail? It seems to me that if the kernel > does not support loadable modules that it would be inherently more > secure because it could not be dynamically modified with a module. How > is my understanding of this wrong? You can fiddle with kernel memory by hand and insert code and modules. There are a couple of tools available to do that for you, google can probably find them for you. Wichert. -- Wichert Akkerman http://www.wiggy.net/ A random hacker - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/