On 30/07/2013 12:36, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-07-30 4:11 AM, Randolph Maaßen <r.maasse...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It needs a couple of kernel modules to work, but emerge will promt to >> you what it needs. > > Side question... > > I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely > power it down), but it also requires modules. > > For security reasons I have never enabled modules on my servers, but... > > Is there a way to do this securely, so that *only* the necessary modules > could ever be loaded?
No. The best you can do is to is to limit the modules you have to those you want to use. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
