[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kalyan) [Friday, August 16, 2002 5:34 PM]:
> Security patches applied will prevent vulnerabilities..But there might
> be/are programs
> for eg trojans,which can be carefully placed.,and advertised to other
> users,as good programs...
Yes - but that's what md5sums etc are for ... and the sensible linux user
doesn't work as root all the time.
> Not sure, if something is placed in /tmp,then it might be
> possible..Correct me if iam
> wrong ...
/tmp is a favorite place to deposit trojans, yes... but your common or
garden virus scanner wouldnt detect (say) a lion worm or other rootkit.
-srs
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