Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> To: j_mini@efn.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stripping the kernel Message-ID: <199711220025.QAA05276@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
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Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> writes: > Evan, you are absolutely right. It is Bad and Evil to read things out > of the kernel memory. I have hated it from the start. However, look at > the uses of the kernel tompling, and come up with an effective > efficient way to do the same things, and I will even write it for > you. :) Tompling? There are plenty of alternatives, all in use today: ioctl (think SIOCGIFCONF); sysctl /proc file system special sockets (think PF_ROUTE); good old poking through the kernel nlist. Take your pick. Or invent yet more. Question to think about: how many of the above can be used on kernel dump files? Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.
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