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signed modules: heebie jeebies

signed modules: heebie jeebies

Posted Jul 23, 2004 19:56 UTC (Fri) by piggy (subscriber, #18693)
Parent article: Kernel Summit: Security

The signed modules mechanism gives me the heebie-jeebies. It could be used as a simple vendor lockin mechanism. We can make systems secure without this mechanism.


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