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On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 14:45, Jos Hulzink wrote:
> Oh, and using modules is a (minor) security issue. I have all my drivers
> compiled in the kernel. I like it and it is secure.

Myth I am afraid. Code for loading modules into a kernel with no module support
by poking in /dev/*mem exists and is published. 

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