So, it is possible to make viruses in this way? Arko
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 07:23, Archan wrote: > > Yes it is possible if we write some client server program like > ttysnoop. The server code will hook to every root login in specific > tty and will write fifo dump supplied by the client program. Long > back, I had written same kind of code (lost some where ), which used > to get hook from getty and do i/o with some client program working in > remote console. If I get some time, I would love to write that again > :-). > > iti > Archan > > > Arko Provo Mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello guys, > > > > I know very little C programming (I learn it in school as it is in class > > XII Computer Science syllabus.) > > > > Very recently someone in the mailing list was talking about C programs > > in Linux and I felt that I would like to ask you something on that. > > > > Can we make a program that can, own its own change its own terminal and > > start working in another? > > If this is possible then a virus can check whether in any terminal an > > user is logged in as root and can go to that terminal and create a mess > > of the system. > > > > I am not asking this question to make a virus though!! > > Actually, very often I log in as root in a terminal and log in as user > > in the X term and connect to the net. > > Is that safe?? > > > > regards > > arko > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
