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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:35:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   [Fwd: Malicious Linux modules - be worried !]
Message-ID:  <199711060235.VAA22035@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34611335.8601A3B@dsto.defence.gov.au>
References:  <34611335.8601A3B@dsto.defence.gov.au>

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<<On Thu, 06 Nov 1997 11:15:41 +1030, Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> said:

> I assume FreeBSD LKMs could do this kind of thing too.

Indeed.  That's why LKM ``write'' access is disabled when running in
secure mode.  Always run important machines in secure mode.

-GAWollman

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