> On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> > I've made a patch which makes the execute_program code in init/main.c a
> > configurable option. With this code configured out, the kernel will
> > ignore boot options such as "init=/bin/sh"; this can make your system more
> > secure.
>
> What's wrong with the password protection against this sort of thing in
> lilo?
Boot-floppy! (of cource, you could just put a kernel on the boot-floppy...)
Security through obscrity at it's worst!
-=- James Mastros