Re: 90% of Linux Systems Have Never Been Infected ...

From: Mac Mason <mac@cs.hmc.edu>
Date: Thu Jul 29 2004 - 01:17:12 AKDT

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 12:21:01AM -0800, Matthew Schumacher wrote:
> It seems that some of these rootkits use a kernel module or
> kernel-memory-patching to load then they conceal themselves. Pretty
> scary stuff.
Which is why 'disable the kernel's module-loading abilities' is near the
top of any real hardening agenda. If they can't load said module, they
can't do any harm via that vector.

    --Mac

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Julian "Mac" Mason                            mac@cs.hmc.edu
Computer Science '06                          (909)-607-3129
Harvey Mudd College
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