Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OT] Rootkit queston | From | Doug McNaught <> | Date | Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:10:18 -0500 |
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mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) writes:
> Suppose you found a bug in a web server that would make the server > append arbitrary data to existing files. Adding that line to > inetd.conf would be one way to use that bug to gain full control over > the machine.
But the inetd.conf line itself isn't an "attack"; it's a backdoor put in after an attack is successful.
Just terminology... :)
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