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Re: chkrootkit message



On Tue 24 Jun 2014 at 11:08:49 -0400, Doug wrote:

> On 06/24/2014 05:46 AM, Curt wrote:
> >On 2014-06-24, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> >>Are you saying that rootkits don't exist on "modern" Linux?
> >>
> >I believe he's saying chrootkit is unlikely to find one.
> >
> >
> That begs the question. Is it unlikely to find one because nobody
> tries to implement a rootkit on Linux,

No.

> or is he saying that the software doesn't work and wouldn't find a
> rootkit if there is one there?

No.

What "he" is saying was explained elsewhere in this thread about two
hours before your mail was sent.

I'll add that I generally resist buying devices to detect pink elephants
at the the bottom of my garden. But not because I don't think elephants
don't exist.


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