Re: Disabling module loading with a module?

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:26:16 +0100 (GMT)


On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:

> > Kernel modules can hide evidence of a crack, thus allowing crackers to
> > penetrate further into the network.
>
> So can a dozen other methods. If you got root, you've the run of the
> system anyway. The _only_ way to go around that is to have a printer
> connected and send all syslog there.

This is true so long as root is all-powerful. Securelevel means
that this isn't always the case.

Matthew.

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