"rooting" or "to root a box" means to gain unauthorized access to the root
account of a system. Or another way: to break into or crack a system.
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, fred smith wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 01:27:21AM +0200, Ayman Nour El DIn wrote:
> > i often hear the word rooting someone,,,what does it mean?!!!
>
> Do you mean "routing" ??
>
> For most of us English speakers "route" rhymes with "snout", though
> some regional accents rhyme it with root.
>
> if so, it refers to how the network layer knows where/how to send
> packets it encounters. See the "route" command:
>
> man route
>
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