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Old 05-22-2012, 01:09 PM   #568
kodomo
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Originally Posted by FDD View Post
Hello Komodo, I assume the initramfs isn't there because it contains the update password.
The initramfs can however be extracted trom a running kernel, so this "security through obscurity" is useless — and you can also change whatever you want with a simple script, so there is essentially no security at all. I don't really get what they are trying to do.

BTW I'm gonna be offline for a couple more weeks, then I'm going to give the kernel tree a try and report back.

Ciao!
It is not the initramfs missing... just some source files with assembler code (which are even part of the std. vanilla kernels )
Moreover, they have some directories that seem to allow building initrd images and boot environment as well (didn't check that out, yet).

However: very welcome to help checking things out - the more the merrier

Cheers.
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