On 4. December 2003 at 3:22PM -0600, "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "csj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] > > Now I'm curious: is it possible to get rooted while on > > dialup? I'm thinking of a user with access to a slow but > > dirt cheap dialup connection and so is online for significant > > stretches, say, eight hours. This also assumes that no > > trojans or similar have been installed on the user's system. > > > FYI. As one who has caught several virisus. It can happen on > dialup and it has always happened to me while downloading > virisus definitions from Norton.com. I dont believe that > norton was infectied. Therefore it came from somewhere else. > Hoyt Getting rooted, a "targeted" attack, is different from getting infected by a virus. The only *n*x viruses I've read about tend to be proof of concept. Of course they could be made part of an attack... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
