From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Dec 17 14: 6:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C7B37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:06:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.qc.uunet.ca (mail2.qc.uunet.ca [198.168.54.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D41643EB2 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:06:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anarcat@espresso-com.com) Received: from xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com ([216.94.147.57]) by mail2.qc.uunet.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA19111; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:06:09 -0500 Received: from anarcat by xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18OPqr-0003Ro-00; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:06:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:06:09 -0500 From: The Anarcat To: Wayne M Barnes Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root kit Message-ID: <20021217220608.GC10625@xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com> Mail-Followup-To: Wayne M Barnes , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20021217154201.A53775@klentaq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021217154201.A53775@klentaq.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think the Man is security-officer@freebsd.org A. On Tue Dec 17, 2002 at 03:42:02PM -0600, Wayne M Barnes wrote: > Dear FreeBSD, > > If I find a functional "root kit" on my computer, > can I forward it to a FreeBSD developer, and > they will prevent its function? If so, where to? > > I had one appear on one of my systems awhile back that an ordinary > user could use to become root. I think I saved it all as a .tgz archive. > I haven't tried it lately. > > -- > Wayne M Barnes stabilizer@klentaq.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message