From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>
To: M?ns Rullg?rd <mru@kth.se>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Rootkit queston
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:47:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031201234732.GL1566@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yw1xisl0un4o.fsf@kth.se>
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:36:07AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> writes:
>
> >> They seem to have PID 0, is this normal?
> >
> > Yes. These are kernel threads.
>
> That doesn't necessarily rule out the possibility of them being evil.
> If someone has taken control of the system, he could have loaded some
> module that started a thread disguising itself under a common name.
True, but it would make the thread invisible if they were going to do that...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-01 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-01 21:11 [OT] Rootkit queston Markus Hästbacka
2003-12-01 22:19 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-01 23:36 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-01 23:47 ` Mike Fedyk [this message]
2003-12-01 22:48 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2003-12-05 17:29 ` dean gaudet
2003-12-02 21:24 Albert Cahalan
2003-12-06 13:45 Samium Gromoff
2003-12-06 15:01 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-12-06 15:10 ` Doug McNaught
2003-12-06 15:07 ` Christian
2003-12-08 13:49 ` Richard B. Johnson
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