[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-07 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Has anyone started writing them for Linux with the same attitude for windows? Regards Binny On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Yadu Nand yadudoc1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi , If i knew how to go about writing code for a rootkit i'd definitely try to write one for linux.Linux is THE best in

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-06 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Why would anyone bother to write rootkits for Linux? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Visakh gokulda...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, There are rootkits for Linux and they are Linux specific. They are more common than Linux viruses, though I don't know how common they are. Regards, Gokul Das

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-03 Thread Visakh
Duck and cover! The Chinese are attacking! Ok, may be that is not what is happening! But at any rate- it is advisable not to probe the attacker. The best defense on the net for us commoners is to remain completely stealthy. Trying to probe the attacker will just give away more data for the

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-03 Thread BINNY THOMAS
Are there rootkits for Linux? or are they platform independent? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Visakh gokulda...@gmail.com wrote: Duck and cover! The Chinese are attacking! Ok, may be that is not what is happening! But at any rate- it is advisable not to probe the attacker. The best

[fsug-tvm] Re: kind of attack

2009-04-03 Thread Visakh
Hi, There are rootkits for Linux and they are Linux specific. They are more common than Linux viruses, though I don't know how common they are. Regards, Gokul Das --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged http://www.ilug-tvm.org You