> How to protect against rootkis ? 

Keep your system up to date, do not run unrelaibale software, do not give accounts to 
people you do not trust.

> Is it some kind of trojan 
> wich working
> with root priviledges ?

Basically, yes. It is typically a "kit" you drop on the system via a remote root 
exploit, which replaces binaries, and tries to mask itself.

> Why some people says that eg. tripwire doesn't discover it ?

Then they dont know what they are saying, i would say that Tripwire / AIDE / such will 
be 100% efficient in detecting kits _PROVIDING_ that your database is current, and is 
stored in a tamper-proof location... and ofcource you actually use and update teh IDS 
database.


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