Are there rootkits for Linux? or are they platform independent?

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Visakh <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Duck and cover! The Chinese are attacking! Ok, may be that is not what
> is happening! But at any rate- it is advisable not to probe the
> attacker. The best defense on the net for us commoners is to remain
> completely stealthy. Trying to probe the attacker will just give away
> more data for the attacker to use. Don't risk it unless you are a
> security expert. You should consider using a firewall to completely
> block any intrusion attempts (Firestarter or iptables). Once you set
> up the firewall, you can go to this site to make sure you are
> stealthy:
>
> https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
>
>  As for this particular incident, I am not sure what kind of attack
> it is, or even if it is an attack (I am not a security expert). And
> the chinese characters may not necessarily mean that it is in china.
> Anyway, besides firewall- I also recommend that you check your system
> for any rootkits (chkrootkit).
>
> Regards,
> Gokul Das
> >
>

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