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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:41:57 +0100 (BST)
From:      jamie@psi-domain.co.uk (Jamie Heckford)
To:        Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel compilation
Message-ID:  <20010615144157.4ABDF402E17@rafiu.psi-domain.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20010615103820.A94093@mushhaven.net> "from Jamie Norwood at Jun 15, 2001 10:38:20 am"

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> may actually exist, thus be installed, and if they have a security problem,
> I would be vulnerable with smoething I didn't want in the first place!

If kernel modules can only be loaded by root, say linux.ko had a security flaw
in it, and you weren't loading it anyway, is it possible for a security vunerbility
to be exploited ????

Sorry if im being thick, but I am intrigued.

Jamie (H) 

> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jamie
> 
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