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Date:      Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:40:53 -0300
From:      Eduardo <sathler90@gmail.com>
To:        bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to disable loadable kernel moduels?
Message-ID:  <a51b9b5f1002241540ked49f5fj3bc09981d5f295ea@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100224231923.0000022c@unknown>
References:  <201002242247.o1OMlPov010540@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20100224231923.0000022c@unknown>

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If you do not want to change the secure level you can compile a static kern=
el:

# static kernel
makeoptions  NO_MODULES=3Dyes

put the above inside the kernel config file.



On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:47:25 -0600 (CST)
> Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm building custom kernels for use in 'hostile' environments --
>> where I need to enforce "restricted" capabilities, even in the event
>> of malicious 'root' access. =A0(if the bad guy has *physical* access to
>> the machine, I know I'm toast, so I don't try to protect against
>> _that_ in software -- beyond the usual access-control mechnisms, that
>> is.)
>
> See security(7) -
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dsecurity&sektion=3D7
>
> Securelevel 1 disables the loading of kernel modules; the manual page
> has far more details of how to secure the system further.
>
> --
> Bruce Cran
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