[PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: [net] disable autoloading of rare protocols

[Tim Gardner]

On 01/13/2011 10:09 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 03:06:04PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 03:41:21PM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>> Why don't we blacklist these modules instead of carrying more SAUCE patches?
>>
>> I think that shipping a blacklist file is more of a pain since it would end up as a
>> debian conffile in /etc, so local changes would cause install debconf questions, etc.
>>
>> Another option would be to filter it during the modules.aliases file creation so the
>> list is all in one place.
>
> If we used one file they would be required to comment things out to
> enable one protocol and indeed generate a debconf question.
>
> How about if we made one file per protocol.  disable-x25.conf stylee,
> then they could simply remove the file to fix it.  Would that avoid the
> conflict.  Cirtainly we could use a dpkg redirect if the file is to go
> en-toto?
>
> Would that work better?
>
> -apw

After a hallway conversation with Kees, we've agreed that he'll write 
the module-init-tools patch to blacklist the aforementioned protocols. 
This has the advantage of being applicable to all Natty user space 
installs, regardless of the kernel in use.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com