Re: compiling 2.6
From: P.T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 03/18/04
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:31:49 +0100
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> William D. Tallman wrote:
> > I've gathered that compiling all the functionality into the kernel only
> > make sense for servers, where the function of the machine itself is well
>
> P.T. Breuer wrote:
> > It doesn't make sense there, since you can configure by loading modules
> > just as well as you can configure by linking at compile time instead!
>
> Running a monolithic kernel and disabling loading of modules blocks some
> attacks.
Yes, but only the ones that don't edit /proc/kcore directly :-). It
appears much more fashionable nowadays (adore ...).
Neat trick that. Wish I knew how to do it!
Peter
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