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On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 13:38:51 -0500 "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As for the stated benefits... I'm skeptical of the security argument. > I mean, I can believe that a module could get accidentally or > inadvertantly loaded and then exploited. I just think that closing > those holes is a better plan. Unfortunately, network modules will be autoloaded if a program opens a socket with that protocol. They've talked about securing that, but it never happened. And there is a long history of security bugs being found in the new and/or infrequently-used modules. _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
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