Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Ricardo B wrote:
> > Isn't there a way to turn module loading off (a way that can't be chagend
> > back - without rebooting) ?
> 
> None that cannot be undone if you're root in a non-ACL kernel. It gets hard
> if the kernel has no module support at all, but not impossible.

There are already rootkits using such technology, see for example:

http://www.phrack.com/phrack/58/p58-0x07

OTOH, a preloaded shared library can have an effect similar to a
patched kernel, at least on most systems.

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