On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 06:10:25PM +0200, Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote: > > Not everything that interacts with the kernel is a rootkit. Or would > anyone want to classify GRSecurity as a rootkit? RBAC will let you hide > parts of your filesystem as well... Actually, the impression I got is that the term "rootkit" was being used correctly in this case -- in that it referred to software that can be used when one has rooted a machine to cover one's tracks. Whether or not software interacts with the kernel really has nothing to do with whether it's a rootkit, and I don't recall seeing anything in the linked discussions of Sony's software that suggested otherwise. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] W. Somerset Maugham: "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
