From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
To: Robinson Maureira Castillo <rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][TRIVIAL] Print a KERN_INFO after a module gets loaded
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 21:10:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200206160110.g5G1AI9S005403@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Jun 2002 01:27:31 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206150035290.5254-100000@alumno.inacap.cl>
Robinson Maureira Castillo <rmaureira@alumno.inacap.cl> said:
> After some thinking (nothing serious) I came up with the idea of print a
> KERN_INFO after a module got loaded, why? Think about this, some guy
> inserts a LKM rootkit, obviously that module (think adore or knark)
> doesn't say anything when it gets loaded. In this cases is useful to have
> this feature, another example can be simply now the order of a group of
> pre-requisite modules when you load something using modprobe(8).
If the cracker gets to the stage where they can insert modules at will, you
can't believe anything the machine does or says anymore.
--
Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-16 2:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-15 5:27 Robinson Maureira Castillo
2002-06-15 8:09 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-06-15 15:18 ` Robinson Maureira Castillo
2002-06-15 22:41 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-06-16 1:10 ` Horst von Brand [this message]
2002-06-16 6:24 ` Keith Owens
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