Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:09:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:09:54 -0500 Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.4.42]:27331 "EHLO waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:09:52 -0500 Message-Id: <200301291019.h0TAJ8Gi012012@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> To: "Richard B. Tilley " "(Brad)" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Bootscreen In-Reply-To: Your message of "28 Jan 2003 10:07:57 EST." <1043766477.6794.32.camel@oubop4.bursar.vt.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 11:19:08 +0100 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Richard B. Tilley " "(Brad)" said: > Then, not supporting loadable modules *is* more secure. By not > supporting them, you are decreasing the ease in which the kernel can be > modified. There are fewer people who can "fiddle with memory by hand" > than there are that can insert a loadable module... a lot fewer, don't > you agree? There are published programs that do the fiddling automatically, no expertise needed. Just as Aunt Tillie is able to use Linux without the slightest clue about what goes on inside... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/