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	Security Watch: Root Kit 101 - CNET reviews
		Root kits aren't new, but their appeal is growing as more-traditional means of commandeering a remote computer become harder to exploit.
		Root kits are a moving target where the bad guys, for the moment, still hold the advantage.
		Typically, once a cracker gains access to the root of one computer on a network, he or she can then install the root kit tools of choice and use the first compromised computer to scan and probe deeper into the network.
	reviews.cnet.com /4520-3513_7-6361348-1.html (0 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Root kit
		A root kit is a set of tools frequently used by an intruder after cracking a computer system.
		Root kits are known to exist for a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Solaris and versions of Microsoft Windows.
		The term "root kit" originally referred to a set of recompiled Unix tools such as "ps", "netstat", "w" and "passwd" that would carefully hide any trace of the cracker that those commands would normally display, thus allowing the cracker to maintain "root" on the system without the system administrator even seeing them.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Root-kit (428 words)

	PC Security \| Root Kits \| Shafer Consulting
		A root kit is a "kit" consisting of small and useful programs that allow an attacker to maintain access to "root," the most powerful user on a computer.
		The first root kits appeared on the scene around the early 1990's, were used to attack the numerous variations of the UNIX operating system and took a rather simplistic, but reasonably effective approach of replacing key system utilities with modified versions.
		Root kits for the Windows operating system appeared in the late 1990's and will be the focus of the balance of this article when referring to operating system specifics.
	forums.its-secured.com /security-series/rootkits.index.shtml (827 words)

	TreeHelp Store: Custom Care Kits for your Trees and Shrubs
		Because the kits target root development, they can be applied any time during the growing season.
		Root development is vital for a tree because it gives the tree a reserve of strength and vitality that will help it survive through periods of drought, nutrient deficiency, insect infestation or disease.
		It is designed to promote root and lateral bud development, improve the efficiency of a plant's respiratory and photosynthetic systems and delay the aging process in plant tissue.
	www.treehelp.com /shopping/soil-kits.asp (0 words)

	Windows Root Kits a Stealthy Threat
		The root kit is the man-in-the-middle, squatting between the operating system and the programs that rely on it, deciding what those programs can see and do.
		Root kits are old hat in the Unix and Linux world, but are rarely found on hacked Windows hosts.
		He says the paucity of kits captured in the wild is a reflection of their effectiveness -- not slow adoption by hackers.
	www.securityfocus.com /news/2879 (1005 words)

	DRM this, Sony! - CNET.com
		I hope this is the week that everyone in the world finds out what a root kit is. And I hope it's a week we look back on in amazement, as we consider just how far Sony was willing to go to criminalize consumers in its efforts to preserve control over its product.
		Because I believe this is the week that Sony effectively declared war on the consumer, announcing what most of us had already suspected: fair use is a joke in the movie and record industry, and the companies who control mass-market content will truly stop at nothing to protect their profits.
		As for the artists whose names have been sullied by their association with the root kit, it seems that at least some of them didn't give permission to Sony to use the backdoor DRM technology and want no part of it.
	www.cnet.com /4520-6033_1-6376177-1.html (1513 words)

	The Brew Your Own Root Beer Kit - Science Kit
		Make 1 to 4 gallons of delicious old fashion root beer naturally carbonated with real yeast and bottled in recycled plastic soda bottles.
		root beer extract, special brewing yeast, funnel, project guide, blank labels, storage container.
		Required but not included: two 2-liter plastic soda bottles with screw caps or four 1-liter plastic soda bottles with bottle caps, 2 cups of sugar, a pot large enough to hold a gallon.
	sciencekitinternational.com /brew-your-own-root-beer-kit/p/IG0030681 (0 words)

	[No title]
		Title: "Root Kits" and hiding files/directories/processes after a break-in $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2002/01/05 00:58:14 $ $Author: dittrich $ Question: Someone reported my computer was involved in a security incident, but I can't see anything wrong.
		Since the original root kits for Sun systems addressed SunOS 4.x (Berkeley style Unix) commands, and SunOS 5.x is System V Release 4 based Unix, the contents of various publically available root kits are likewise confused as to which programs are to be replaced.
		Provided that "truss" and/or the kernel have not been modified, a method you can use to determine the names of the root kit configuration files (which are read each time "ls", "ps", "netstat", etc. are run) is to use the "truss" program to trace calls to open().
	staff.washington.edu /dittrich/misc/faqs/rootkits.faq (2605 words)

	Debian -- News -- Debian Investigation Report after Server Compromises
		The same account and password data were then used to log into the machine master, to gain root permissions with the same exploit and also to install the SucKIT root-kit.
		Since the initial login attempt didn't work the person used his root access on master to access an administrative account which was used for backup purposes and gained access to murphy as well.
		The analysts also discovered the executable file which was used to gain root access on the machines, which was protected and obfuscated with Burneye.
	www.debian.org /News/2003/20031202 (1652 words)

	Windows Root kits a stealthy threat \| The Register (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now dubbed "Slanret", "IERK," and "Backdoor-ALI" by anti-virus vendors, experts say the tool is a rare example of a Windows "root kit" - an assembly of programs that subverts the Windows operating system at the lowest levels, and, once in place, cannot be detected by conventional means.
		He says the paucity of kits captured in the wild is a reflection of their effectiveness - not slow adoption by hackers.
		And while he says the risk can be reduced with smart security policies - accept only digitally-signed device drivers, for one - ultimately, he worries the technique may find its way into self-propagating malicious code.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2003/03/07/windows_root_kits_a_stealthy (1102 words)

	Science Gift Ideas from The Science Company
		The stronger the light, the faster the spin.
		Make up to four gallons of delicious and naturally carbonated root beer, using recycled plastic soda bottles.
		This 60 piece chemistry and science lab kit is an excellent introduction to performing science experiments in fields of biology, chemistry and physics.
	www.sciencecompany.com /giftideas.cfm (0 words)

	- Homemade Root Beer - Homemade Root Beer and Soda Extracts
		Root beer, sarsaparilla, birch beer, ginger ale, cream soda and many other varieties are covered.
		Homemade Root Beer and Soda is delicious and easy to make with these extracts.
		Wine yeast is recommended because of its tendency to flocculate, which is a fancy way of saying that it settles to the bottom of the bottle.
	www.homebrewers.com /category/winel (606 words)

	Unearthing Root Kits (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Root kits have been around since the early 1990s but were solely the domain of Unix variants until the late '90s, when the Windows developer community began exploring root kit techniques and several programmers published root kit toolkits that other programmers could modify and extend.
		Given that root kits are so easy to access, it's surprising that more hackers haven't used them to cloak the viruses they've unleashed over the last several years.
		User-mode root kits can cloak any process that runs in the account in which the malware launches but are most effective when run in an account that has the Debug Programs privilege.
	www.windowsitpro.com /Article/ArticleID/46266/46266.html (1418 words)

	UBC CPSC - Helpdesk
		Root kits are a set of software tools frequently used by an intruder after gaining access to your computer.
		The risks after your computer has been "rooted" (infected by a root kit) are denial of service attacks, key loggers, email spam, access to your files and many more.
		The best way to scan your computer for root kits is to boot your computer from other media such as a rescue CD or a pre-environment loader or through another computer.
	www.cs.ubc.ca /local/computing/practices/rootkits.shtml (250 words)

	Sony Rootkit May Cause PC Problems
		Root Kits in general have several common characteristics: they find their way into a system uninvited, they try to remain undetected, they modify and add to system registry entries, and they are very difficult to remove.
		A root kit is designed to gain control of the system it is installed in at the root level, thereby gaining a system level ownership of the computer.
		Keep in mind that a root kit is, in reality, a modification to the operating system that can control operation of the computer at the root level in a number of ways.
	www.5starsupport.com /tutorial/sony-rootkit.htm (2184 words)

	Root kit - Orgwiki
		A root kit is a software package that allows a malicious computer hacker to secretly retain access to and control of another person's computer.
		A root kit is so called because a username of 'root' is traditionally the most powerful user on a Unix system - the one that can do whatever they want to the computer.
		A root kit therefore provides a secret means for the malicious hacker to become the 'root' user on the targeted computer at will.
	www.openrightsgroup.org /orgwiki/index.php/Root_kit (234 words)

	RootkitRevealer turns root kits' tactics back at them
		"Root kit" is a catch-all term used to describe the mechanism or mechanisms by which any form of malware (including a virus, spyware or Trojan) hides its presence from both the system at large and from programs that attempt to detect and remove it.
		Root kit functions are not only dangerous, but incredibly frustrating to deal with as well: you know there's a problem, but you just can't find it.
		Root kits come in several different flavors, each of which conceals itself from the system in a slightly different way, making it all the more difficult to flush them out and destroy them.
	searchsecurity.techtarget.com /general/0,295582,sid14_gci1068924,00.html (1078 words)

	Bucaro TecHelp Computers : AntiVirus, Firewall, and Antispyware : Root Kit - The Hackers Backdoor to Your Computer
		A root kit is a trojan horse virus that modifies operating system code to allow it to grant itself system administrator authority and create a backdoor through which the hacker can access your system.
		Root kit refers to a new more insidious kind of computer virus that cannot be detected by anti-virus software.
		Root kits are the ultimate backdoor, giving hackers ongoing and virtually undetectable access to the systems they exploit.
	bucarotechelp.com /computers/netsafe/95040201.asp (949 words)

	Privacy Incident Report: Sony Root Kit
		A root kit is a program that allows files, folders, and registry entries to be hidden from other programs.
		Root kits infect your operating system and intercept all requests for files or registry keys.
		Once such a root kit has infected your computer any program that knows how to access the data hidden by the root kit may do so.
	privacy.cs.cmu.edu /dataprivacy/incidents/sony/index.html (1000 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Title: "Root Kits" and hiding files/directories/processes after a break-in Question: Someone reported my computer was involved in a security incident, but I can't see anything wrong.
		Since the original root kits for Sun systems addressed SunOS 4.x (Berkeley style Unix) commands, and SunOS 5.x is System V Release 4 based Unix, the contents of various publically available root kits are likewise confused as to which programs are to be replaced.
		Provided that "truss" and/or the kernel have not been modified, a method you can use to determine the names of the root kit configuration files (which are read each time "ls", "ps", "netstat", etc. are run) is to use the "truss" program to trace calls to open().
	www.megasecurity.org /Info/rootkits_faq_dittrich.htm (2541 words)

	Root Beer Flavor
		Now you can make your own root beer at home that really tastes like the handcrafted root beer that some of the microbreweries are making.
		We evaluated all of the "soda pop" root beer flavors and none were particularly exciting.
		A soda syphon is a container that is used to force carbonate a liquid using a disposable CO2 cartridge and also act as the dispenser for the carbonated liquid.
	www.hoptech.com /rootbeer.html (991 words)

	Rootkit in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		Generally now the term is not restricted to Unix-based operating systems, as tools that perform a similar set of tasks now exist for non-Unix operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, regardless of the existence of a "root" account in the operating system..
		A recent example where a rootkit was used on commercial CDs for digital rights management purposes is the 2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy.
		Even if the nature and composition of a rootkit is known, the time and effort of a system administrator with the necessary skills or experience would be better spent re-installing the operating system from scratch.
	www.tutorgig.com /ed/rootkit (1955 words)

	körmend.hu - Windows root kit-ek
		Ezzel szemben a Root Kit beépül az operációs rendszer API-jába, abba a függyvénykészletbe, amelyet a gépen telepített alkalmazói programok használnak az olyan alapvető feladatok végrehajtására, mint a merevlemezen fájlok elérése.
		Ugyanez történik a registry elérésekor és a feladatkezelő használata esetén is. Ha a Root Kitet vezérlő hacker úgy kívánja, bármely más állományt is elrejthet, többek között a megtámadott gépre távolról feltöltött illegális zenei- és videóanyagokat, vagy jelszólistákat.
		(sic!) "Mindeddig foglalkoztatott az a gondolat, hogy miért nem léteznek root kit-ek Windows-ra is."
	www.kormend.hu /?ugras=hirolvaso&hirszama=1548&szavaz=eredmeny#szav (572 words)

	Lrk4 Root Kit
		Root kit refers to a set of programs that are injected into a target machine to hide its malicious purposes.
		A root kit could also include a backdoor utility to enable hackers to gain unauthorized access of an infected machine.
		Lrk4 is a root kit for Linux operating systems written by a malware writer with the nickname, Lord Somer.
	www.juniper.net /security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln1980.html (179 words)

	How to Convert HBOOK files to ROOT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HBOOK integer identifiers are converted into ROOT named objects by prefixing the integer identifier with the letter "h" if the identifier is a positive integer and by "h_" if it is a negative integer identifier.
		ROOT version 1.0 will include a new function TTree::MakeCode to automatically generate the code for a skeleton analysis function.
		With ROOT version 0.90, you can generate this skeleton function by executing the macro MakeCode.
	root.cern.ch /root/HowtoConvert.html (337 words)

	Nuclear Elephant: Creating Root-Kit Proof Saferooms
		A root-kit is a package hackers use to manipulate the machine they've hacked to make it more difficult for a systems administrator to detect that the system has been compromised.
		Root kits commonly also include tools creating back-doors to allow hackers back into a system they've hacked.
		If you are successful in creating a saferoom that cannot be written to, even as root, you still have to take into concern the ability of a hacker to go and change your path or dismount the room altogether.
	www.zdziarski.com /papers/saferoom.html (1423 words)

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