Re: Fw: signed kernel modules?

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 09:35:59AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> We know _precisely_ what the kernel looks at -- we wrote its linker. It
> really isn't that hard.

I agree.  We have to be able to detect improper header information for
unsigned modules today, nothing new there.  So by only signing the
information that the kernel looks at, we should be fine.

Or am I missing some big flaw in the above argument?

thanks,

greg k-h
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