> > Briefly, you need the aperture driver. Install it as described in the
> > FAQ.
> 
> No, you do not need the aperture driver. You need to compile your
> kernel with options INSECURE, but you can use the aperture driver as

Yes.

> an alternative to that if you wish. The aperture driver does not,
> however, add any appreciable security so I'm not sure I really see the
> point in it.

Well, options INSECURE enables many other insecure things besides
writing to /dev/mem. For example, writing to mounted disks, and changing
file flags. Doesn't options INSECURE completely cancel any benefit of
file flags (immutable and append-only)?

Bye	Pavel