Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:24:44 -0400 From: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>, "Peter Chiu" <pccb@yahoo.com> Cc: "D J Hawkey Jr" <hawkeyd@visi.com>, "Alexander Langer" <alex@big.endian.de>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Kernel-loadable Root Kits Message-ID: <GPEOJKGHAMKFIOMAGMDIMEHAGAAA.deepak@ai.net> In-Reply-To: <20011004232108.L297@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Thanks Crist, This is a significant kiddie protection item and I for one would like to see it committed to future FreeBSD releases. [in case the patch stops working on a future code rev]. Deepak -----Original Message----- From: Crist J. Clark [mailto:cristjc@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:21 AM To: Peter Chiu Cc: D J Hawkey Jr; cjclark@alum.mit.edu; Alexander Langer; deepak@ai.net; freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel-loadable Root Kits On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 07:02:51PM -0400, Peter Chiu wrote: > Hello Crist, > > I love this idea. However, how does it affect vinum? > > Extracted from LINT > # Configuring Vinum into the kernel is not necessary, since the kld > # module gets started automatically when vinum(8) starts. This > # device is also untested. Use at your own risk. > # I like I said, this will prevent you from loading KLDs. (period) -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu cjclark@jhu.edu cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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