module signing?

[Justin Zygmont]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Rahul wrote:

> tomhorsley at adelphia.net wrote:
>> In https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=196871 I asked a 
>> question
>> that was never answered. Perhaps someone in the list knows:
>> 
>> What does module signing imply for folks who have their own kernel modules
>> the build? Will "home brew" kernel modules be unable to load?
>> 
>> If I can't load them, how the devil do I get my custom modules to work 
>> again?
>> 
>> 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. Hope that helps.

yes, this is also in contrast with suse.  Another reason to use redhat 
linux.  I guess Fedora/RHEL is pretty much what redhat linux means now 
isn't it, the name lives on:)