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Linux rootkit detector adds hardware punch to security scanning
- MattJ100 13y agoBut... how does it work? Without such information this article reads little better than an advertisement.
- exceptione 13y agoMy thought exactly. My gut feeling says the value is in the range from "inadequate" to "bullshit" since I cannot see a way in which software on an external device can run with higher priority than software on the server itselves to which it is connected.
- jimmytidey 13y agoAt first glance I thought it had a key switch on the front. If it did, then I would trust it...
- flux_w42 13y agoMaybe it injects itself using some hardware hooks, more or less the same way as described in this this previously submitted article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6393029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6393029 With such a hardware root-kit, it could be possible to detect other software root-kits by looking for patterns in memory and/or other suspicious behaviour.
- teh_klev 13y agoThis is a pretty useless fluff article. I am none-the-wiser as to how this will work to protect my farm of Linux VM's. To add insult to injury the Lynuxworks website has run out of steam.