Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 13:50:28 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: evanc@synapse.net, j_mini@efn.org Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, phk@critter.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: Stripping the kernel Message-ID: <199711220250.NAA04800@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>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. :) Don't forget that it has to work on a long-running kernel running at securelevel 2 (where group kmem can read kmem but even root can't add LKMs). Missing interfaces may develop over the years :-). Bruce
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