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SecureBoot can't come soon enough

SecureBoot can't come soon enough

Posted Nov 22, 2012 19:32 UTC (Thu) by Seegras (subscriber, #20463)
In reply to: SecureBoot can't come soon enough by dps
Parent article: A rootkit dissected

> ... uses a kernel does not support modules, period. I don't need
> SecureBoot to stop you loading modules on that box :-)

Aye. I've got no module-loading capability on my firewalls and servers either. For years.


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SecureBoot can't come soon enough

Posted Nov 23, 2012 0:02 UTC (Fri) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]

There's plenty of ways for root to modify your running kernel without loading modules. Restrictions on module loading are necessary for improved security, but not sufficient.

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