atom feed39 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-archRe: making the snoop device loadable.
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Alfred PerlsteinJul 9, 2000 4:56 pm 
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Subject:Re: making the snoop device loadable.
From:Alfred Perlstein (bri@wintelcom.net)
Date:Jul 9, 2000 4:56:41 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-arch

* Marius Bendiksen <mben@eunet.no> [000709 16:54] wrote:

Why did it exist from FreeBSD-WhoKnowsWhen until 1999? I'd like to use X

As I recall, this had something to do with shrinking the kernel for PicoBSD, amongst other things.

why NO_LKM is bad but couldn't find anything. Could you help me find a discussion on it or tell me why disabling kernel modules is *not* security? Assuming I'd notice a reboot and would consequently whup some butt if someone did.

Thing is; disabling kernel modules will avail you little, as an illegitimate user can still use the memory devices to access physical memory, and thus binary patch a live kernel. This is hard, but it can, and has been done. Eivind mentioned one particular case with a person who binary-patched the kernel of an old Unix to bypass the 14 character file name length limitation without severing the uptime.

I owe that person a beer.

-Alfred

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