Re: how to fix rootkit?

On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 22:56, Chris Davies wrote:
> You can no longer trust the kernel [...]

Milan P. Stanic <mps@arvanta.net> wrote:
> Of course, you are right here. But then I don't trust the CPU's. How we
> know that the manufacturer od CPU, Ethernet card or anything, didn't put
> some secret code into device [...]

You don't. But since your scenario applies whether or not someone's
system has been rooted, it should probably remain outside the scope of
the discussion.

Chris

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