module signing?

Rahul sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Aug 15 16:45:51 UTC 2006


tomhorsley at adelphia.net wrote:
>>> If I can load them, what is the point in module signing (which I imagine has
>>> something to do with security)?
>>>
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/92617/ explains this.  There is no plans to 
>> enforce any restrictions on third party kernel modules being loaded. 
> 
> As near as I can tell, it just means there is no point in module signing :-).
>

Then perhaps you might want to read the article better. Copying the 
current developer, David Howells if you need more information.

Rahul




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