Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 19 Nov 2000 07:50:39 -0800 (PST) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: BTTV detection broken in 2.4.0-test11-pre5 |
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On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Christer Weinigel wrote: > In article <Pine.LNX.4.30.0011190710440.13087-100000@anime.net> you write: > >On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > >> On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, David Lang wrote: > >> > there is a rootkit kernel module out there that, if loaded onto your > >> > system, can make it almost impossible to detect that your system has been > >> > compramised. with module support disabled this isn't possible. > >> Yes, it is. Easily. If you've got root you can modify the kernel image and > >> reboot the bloody thing. And no, marking it immutable will not help. Open > >> the raw device and modify relevant blocks. > >Kernel on writeprotected floppy disk... > So change the CMOS-settings so that the BIOS changes the boot order > from A, C, CD-ROM to C first instead. *grin* How long do you want > to keep playing Tic-Tac-Toe?
Writeprotect the flashbios with the motherboard jumper, and remove the cmos battery.
Checkmate. :-)
-Dan
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