On Tuesday 15 May 2007 03:57, Dan Farrell wrote:

> On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:33:22 +1200
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> Mark Kirkwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1/ builds the known needed things into the kernel
> > 2/ disables loadable modules completely

> But Why?  What's the benefit?  

Well, disabling loadable modules is generally considered to be good for  
the purpose of hardening your system. For example, some rootkits use 
LKMs, and removing loadable modules support might help to prevent such 
attacks.
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