From owner-freebsd-security Thu May 21 13:20:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA20511 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 13:20:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (passer.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.110.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20481 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 13:20:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cschuber@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.8/8.6.10) id NAA08312; Thu, 21 May 1998 13:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805212020.NAA08312@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost, id smtpdaajsoa; Thu May 21 13:20:15 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cschuber To: Keith Stevenson cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LKMs (Was: Virus on FreeBSD) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 11:16:53 EDT." <19980521111653.A9283@homer.louisville.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:19:54 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Ok, I'll buy off on the idea that LKMs can be bad from a security standpoint. > How does one go about removing that functionality from the system? options NO_LKM then rebuild your kernel [I posted a similar comment to this list last night, however I've seen no trace of it -- hopefully this is not a dup for any of you.] Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message