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Posted Nov 22, 2012 20:08 UTC (Thu) by redden0t8 (guest, #72783)
In reply to: Moving target by man_ls
Parent article: New Linux Rootkit Emerges (Threat Post)

Except as Robert S points out, even if the vulnerability is still there, the actual exploit implementation often has to play catch-up to work on the new version.


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Posted Nov 23, 2012 9:47 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

So it helps us defend against *badly-written* rootkits? I suppose insofar as most rootkits are badly written (just as most software is badly written), that may be helpful. But it only takes one guy to come out with a well-written rootkit...

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