From: Chad Perrin (perrinapotheon.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 14:03:25 CDT

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On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 06:10:25PM +0200, Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote:
>
> Not everything that interacts with the kernel is a rootkit. Or would
> anyone want to classify GRSecurity as a rootkit? RBAC will let you hide
> parts of your filesystem as well...

Actually, the impression I got is that the term "rootkit" was being used
correctly in this case -- in that it referred to software that can be
used when one has rooted a machine to cover one's tracks. Whether or not
software interacts with the kernel really has nothing to do with whether
it's a rootkit, and I don't recall seeing anything in the linked
discussions of Sony's software that suggested otherwise.

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