Article 6VRP4 [$] Hash-based module integrity checking

[$] Hash-based module integrity checking

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On January 20, Thomas Weischuh shared a newpatch set implementing an alternate method for checking the integrity ofloadable kernel modules. This mechanism, which checks module integrity basedon hashes computed at build time instead of using cryptographic signatures,could enable reproducible kernel builds in more contexts. Several distributionshave already expressed interest in the patch set if Weischuh can get itinto the kernel.

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