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Re: single module compile



On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:00:13PM -0500, José Guzmán wrote:
>   This practice, at least over here, aids in improving sysadmin sleep at night.

this is a very false asumption. If somebody is able to trojan your kernel
with a loadable module, he is also able to simply install a new kernel with
a trojan in it.

Dont bet your sleep on it.

Greetings
Bernd
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