rootkit

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 12 May 2004, M.W. Chang wrote:
>
> How did rootkit get into a linux box usually? Via a poorly secured
> telnet? You cannot install a program into a linux server without shell
> access, right? (unless there are bugs in the daemons providing services)

'poorly secured telnet' is an oxymoron.  there is no secure telnet.  it is
insecure by design.

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