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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) 

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> Any suggestions?
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> Jamie
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