Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:16:56 -0400 From: Andrew Barros <abarros@tjhsst.edu> To: rich@rdrose.org Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd rootkit Message-ID: <20010530101656.D27126@tjhsst.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105301501240.6527-100000@pkl.net>; from rich@rdrose.org on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:10:23PM %2B0100 References: <20010530093611.C27126@tjhsst.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105301501240.6527-100000@pkl.net>
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--sXc4Kmr5FA7axrvy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My apologies to the humor impaired, it was intented to be funny. -ajb On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 03:10:23PM +0100, rich@rdrose.org wrote: ->On Wed, 30 May 2001, Andrew Barros wrote: ->> Someone should add it in ports. -> ->Now, to me, that seems like a *reallly* bad idea. Imagine the situation: ->Some not so nice person keeps an eye on the ports tree for software with ->vulnerabilites that are not yet fixed, or indeed uses FreeBSD and keeps an ->up to date ports tree. They will see the words "rootkit". -> ->Can you imagine that? The look on their face. They'll re-read it. They'll ->stop and think for a moment. They'll re-read it again. Then, this thought ->will fly through their mind: "If I ever break into a FreeBSD machine, I've ->got a free rootkit. I don't even need to bother covering my tracks ->cleverly anymore". -> ->I would suggest *not* putting the rootkit in the ports tree, if only to ->save those who have only just installed FreeBSD and are just learning the ->Unix world. -> ->rik -> -> -> ->To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ->with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message ---end quoted text--- --=20 Andrew Barros <abarros@tjhsst.edu> PGP Key Fingerprint: D3B8 0800 C45A 143E 5CF0 E112 0A1B AB36 B655 1FB8 --sXc4Kmr5FA7axrvy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7FQDYChurNrZVH7gRAuuNAJ9r6UGvS4wjSHgkyHzib79BuYhCKACfUgJU bkT9ml5ZmeXiSkOKGGwOa2Y= =bRcr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sXc4Kmr5FA7axrvy-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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