* Dariush Pietrzak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > One reason is security: > > it's relatively easy for an intruder to install a kernel module based > > rootkit, and then hide her processes, files or connections. > isn't it security-by-obscurity? > Determined hacker can still relatively easily insert code into kernel > (vide phreack magazine articles )
True, but not in a so-automated way and definetively more advanced skills would be needed. It's not security-by-obscurity at all, it's only one layer of basic protection.