On 08/29/2015 03:11 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
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>
> Secure Boot is an effective mitigation against some features of root
> kits, and really should be enabled everywhere possible.
>
> Under Secure Boot, the firmware will not load a boot loader if it has
> been tampered with, which will not load a kernel that has been
> tampered, which will not load modules that have been tampered.  With
> that chain of protection, it becomes very difficult for a root kit to
> modify the kernel to fully hide its sockets, processes, and files,
> which is a common feature of root kits on systems which do not offer
> such protection. 
I will try turning on secure-boot next time I reboot, to see if I can
boot with it turned on.. define "tampered with".. what if you run
grub2-mkconfig.. that tampers with it...

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587

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