Re: Bootscreen

Wichert Akkerman (wichert@wiggy.net)
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:14:06 +0100


Previously Richard B. Tilley (Brad) wrote:
> 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?

No, there are simple tools to do that which are just as easy to use as
insmod.

Wichert.

-- 
Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>           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/