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Loadable kernel modules have long been known to be the source of potential security risks due to the fact that the kernel now has a way to intentionally load co
by typedweb 12y ago
Loadable kernel modules have long been known to be the source of potential security risks due to the fact that the kernel now has a way to intentionally load code into itself. A project like OpenBSD to me should never have included this feature in the first place, but I hear the mechanism that is being dropped is and old and obsolete version that nobody ever used.
- mcosta 12y ago> is and old and obsolete version that nobody ever used. Is there another mechanism? If not, I see this as a step backwards.
- imanaccount247 12y agoIf you see it as a step backwards, then you've obviously never used openbsd, so why would they care? It is a completely unnecessary "feature" that has not been used at all in at least 15 years.