On Wed, 15 May 2002 17:25:48 -0700 "Schwenk, Jeanie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes one can write a program that runs invisibly on unix. If you know what > you're doing. How do you think so many hackers can be successful? Regular > commands like ps, find or ls can be modified. Daemons can be hacked to send > messages to the outside. Some malware just runs and simply "phones home" > when it finds something interesting. No system is safe. That said, linux > is still safer than windows. If linux becomes popular in the corporate > world, there will be a demand from the PHBs for spyware they can buy to keep > an eye on us. > > Jeanie > uhmm.. yeah you can modify te commands not to show something, but i don't think there is a way you can program an application that doesn't show on the list ( i mean without touching the system... and anyway you have to get root access to do that ), and a program that is started with 'user' privileges cannot hide itself from a list of processes, at least someone found out something new that i didn't know about.. Damian
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