Quoting Alvin Oga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> Um, Alvin? You might want to look up the definition of "rootkit". > > my definition ... anything that allows an un-educated user to just > run that tool to break into other peoples network and machines > ( there's too many "rootkits" to count )
That's just not what a rootkit is. Sorry. >> This confusion has also come up elsewhere, on LinuxToday: >> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-09-20-011-26-SC-SV > > tht just talks about arresting some poor soul ?? Read the talkbacks, at the bottom. >>> - spoofing and other techie stuff requires one more year of school >> >> Setting a fake MAC address requires nothing more than reading the >> ifconfig manpage. Acquiring one to "borrow" requires nothing more than >> unning tcpdump or equivalent. > > yes... but setting up a fake mac address and few additional things > to do is the next level above the ordinary "tom-dick-harry" that > receives a rootkit via email, clicks it and now gets to attack > any machine susceptible to that rootkit 1. That's not what a rootkit does. 2. The sophistication required to read an ifconfig manpage is mighty low. -- Cheers, "Learning Java has been a slow and tortuous process for me. Every Rick Moen few minutes, I start screaming 'No, you fools!' and have to go [EMAIL PROTECTED] read something from _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ to de-stress." -- The Cube, www.forum3000.org
