Vijay Deval spewed into the etheR: >Can the worm assume root permissions even if it enters system with only >user privilages? It doesn't enter with user privileges (and even if it does, local exploits do exist which can give root access). >Could you please give where on cern, is the information about dealing >with worms? Wonder how I missed this! CERN is a physics research centre. You are probably looking for CERT. http://www.cert.org (Even /. had this error once, and it made for a good laugh) Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------------ WIN $1,000,000 Play Nettaxi Lotto http://sweeps.nettaxi.com ---------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose. Violations of the rules of this list will result in stern action.
