Re: another kconfig target for building monolithic kernel (forsecurity) ?

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 12:43 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 03:03:55PM +0200, devzero@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
>  > i want to harden a linux system (dedicated root server on the internet) by recompiling the kernel without support for lkm (to prevent installation of lkm based rootkits etc)
> 
> Loading modules via /dev/kmem is trivial thanks to a bunch of tutorials and
> examples on the web, so this alone doesn't make life that much more difficult for attackers.

/dev/kmem should be a config option too though

(and /dev/mem should get the filter patch that fedora has ;-) 


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