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Posted Apr 29, 2009 0:01 UTC (Wed) by AnswerGuy (guest, #1256)
In reply to: The details on loading rootkits via /dev/mem by Randakar
Parent article: The details on loading rootkits via /dev/mem

Regarding "to the point where I have to check the author lines to see if it's not secretly one and the same person."

... it's possible that they are secretly one person and that this is a case of deliberate astroturfing.

Personally I would think it would be rather crude and ineffective astroturfing --- I think the better techniques involve inserting criticism which superficially seems "helpful" and constructive while providing snippets that can be taken out of context by the front line "analyst" flaks.

But then ... what would I know?

JimD


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Posted Apr 29, 2009 6:48 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

They're different people in the real world of the internet, outside of
LWN: and of course as you know you can believe everything you see there.

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