Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Integrated ZFS for Gentoo - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Optional /usr merge in Gentoo
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 13:56:36
Message-Id: 5223476D.6080803@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: Integrated ZFS for Gentoo - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Optional /usr merge in Gentoo by Joerg Schilling
1 On 2013-08-31 7:29 AM, Joerg Schilling
2 <Joerg.Schilling@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
3 > Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >> You must have missed the point that this is for*servers*, that most
5 >> people*disable modules* on. I*know* that it is available as a module.
6
7 > Why, for security reasons?
8
9 Because if you don't need something, why enable it?
10
11 If modules are totally disabled, then there is no worry about any
12 security issue involving modules at all.