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Re: removing modules



Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:

> However, building an own kernel might improve security, i.e. on my
> servers I removed the usbmodule and cdrom stuff, so that no one could
> easy connect evil hardware to the servers (we sometimes got visitors
> in the data processing center)

Or you could just blacklist those modules to prevent them from being
auto-loaded. Serves the same purpose without needing to manually build
update Kernels.

S°

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Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.


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