Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 20:37:02 +0200 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> Cc: deepak@ai.net, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel-loadable Root Kits Message-ID: <20010908203702.A54535@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <20010908074445.A77252@sheol.localdomain>; from hawkeyd@visi.com on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 07:44:45AM -0500 References: <GPEOJKGHAMKFIOMAGMDIGEHGFHAA.deepak_ai.net@ns.sol.net> <200109081052.f88AqRG30016@sheol.localdomain> <20010908141700.A53738@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <20010908072542.A57605@sheol.localdomain> <20010908143231.A53801@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <20010908074445.A77252@sheol.localdomain>
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Thus spake D J Hawkey Jr (hawkeyd@visi.com): > > > > This still lets you load own kernel modules. > > > Not if you blow away the /modules directory (note that I haven't tried > > > this). > > /me hands Dave a decent C compiler and some C h0h0magic. > I didn't write "build the kernel without it". Yes, I know. But you can compile as many kld's as you want. > As I wrote, I hadn't tried it. I take it one cannot remove that tree, > even after seeing that the kernel doesn't need it? I'm meaning run-time > here, not build-time. Of course you can. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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