On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 07:56:28AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Rootkit won't require opened *server* ports. It will contact a command > server through a client port, which requires no special privileges. If > you blocked the firewall for user applications, you just made the > system a pain to use for no security benefits.
And perhaps more to the point, a *rootkit* will just turn off (or open up a hole in) the firewall anyway. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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