Re: Disabling module loading with a module?

fvw (fvw@chello.nl)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:22:13 +0200


On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 03:58:19PM +0200, fvw wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Matthew Kirkwood wrote:
> > > It's even easier than that. 2.2.11 and 2.3.12 onwards have a(n almost)
> > > monotonic bounding set for many privileged operations which the kernel
> ^^^^^^^^^
> > > kernel restricts to root (specifically, the new capability stuff).
> > I was talking about an already crack box, and echo 0 is as easy as echo 1 :-)
>
> That means that you _can't_ decrease the security, only increase it.
Yup, I got see that now. I stand corrected.
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Frank v Waveren fvw@chello.nl ICQ# 10074100

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