You are right. But then if the OS vendor wants to do somthing like that they don't have to write a root-kit. They just modify the kernel code. Soumik.
--- Siva Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I may not be correct, but, please do correct me if i > am so. > > Could not something that's proprietary, come with > something like a rootkit by default ? (I've heard that > one version of "doze" used to send directory listing > to M$. Could be terribly wrong here too...) Rootkits > are hard to detect, root-kits could be installed even > FLOSS machines too(poorly secured machines), but then > it's better not having a rootkit kinda thing it in a > default installation, ain't it ? > > Regards, > Siva. > > --- Soumik Sarkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please help me understand what has FLOSS has to do > > with preventing people from installing > > root-kits on your system. > > Soumik. > > > > > > --- Siva Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Another reason to move on to FLOSS.. > > > > > > This has already been /.ed > > > > > > For those who don't /. the link is here... > > > > > > http://www.theregister.com/content/55/29638.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > -- > 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 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- 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
