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kernel securelevels

Posted Feb 25, 2005 22:43 UTC (Fri) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: kernel securelevels by ecashin
Parent article: Debian vs. FreeBSD as a Web Serving Platform, Part 1

but every security update requires a reboot.

There are too many places you need to make immutable to prevent trojaning. Including a host of directories in which you can drop hook scripts for various packages. On the next reboot your system will be trojaned.

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