[ale] Monolithic vs Modularised Kernels

[F. Grant Robertson]

There is an old and somewhat offcolor joke that ends.. 

"Well, if you're that far, don't let me stop you"

Seemed appropriate.

-G

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of John
To: ale at ale.org
Wells
Subject: Re: [ale] Monolithic vs Modularised Kernels

Raju said:
> I am inclined at this point towards monolithic kernel from a security
> perspective, but need to find a balance of course. No fancy LKMs (Loadable
> Kernel Modules) for those kiddies to play with ;-).

Hmmm...to load modules into the kernel, you have to be root.  So, if a
1337 h4X0r is able to load a module, you're probably already pretty
screwed.

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