On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 01:36:54AM -0500, Sam MacDonald wrote: > So I look up "rootkit" on google. The clowns have a website where they > distribute the bits and they teach classes in how to build the kernels > to use it. > > What a pain in the ass some people are, I mean it takes a lot of spite > to even think up such a thing. > Some one tell me, what, in these poor, ignorant, bastards childhoods > caused them to think this way. I'd like to give them 3 rounds with > George Foreman as a gift just for having the thought of this kind of BS. Would you feel safer if only the criminals knew where to get bolt cutters and guns? The problem is not the rootkit, it's the hole they used to get into the system to begin with. You should always perform a clean install after an intrusion, a rootkit just gives you a harder boot in the rear. > > Sam -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list