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On 24 Feb 2006 at 17:00, pietro ferrari wrote: |
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> On 2/24/06, pageexec@××××××××.hu <pageexec@××××××××.hu> wrote: |
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> > On 24 Feb 2006 at 13:18, Dale Pontius wrote: |
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> > > Doesn't prevent rootkits, only raises the bar. From what I've read on |
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> > > the kernel list, there are still ways to get code into a running kernel, |
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> > such as? |
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> writting directly to /dev/mem |
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quote from an earlier post in the thread: |
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You should |
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enable the /dev/mem protection feature as well, since rootkits can be |
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inserted into the kernel via other methods than kernel modules. |
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this feature (among many others) has existed in grsec for many years |
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now. |
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