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* Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
  @ 2013-07-30 12:42 99%     ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-07-30 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 30/07/2013 12:36, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-07-30 4:11 AM, Randolph Maaßen <r.maassen60@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.mckinnon@gmail.com



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