Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754639Ab0KHOBB (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:01:01 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:33875 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753803Ab0KHOBA (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:01:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:59:40 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Dan Rosenberg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, security@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Restrictions on module loading Message-ID: <20101108135940.64844587@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <1289219016.10229.14.camel@dan> References: <1289179439.3090.205.camel@Dan> <20101108102013.0861725b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1289219016.10229.14.camel@dan> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.18.9; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 509 Lines: 12 > As far as I can tell, modules_disabled was first included in 2.6.31, so > it's hardly what I'd call "long standing". However, I see your point - One year, two months, plus shipped in numerous major distributions. That's long standing in the Linux world. Alan -- 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/