Re: Viruses



Bruce Stephens wrote:

> So the only thing I'm doing as root is
> running a known program---something like rpm.

That's enougth to get a trouble: rpm can install suid binary.

> I can look inside an rpm/tar/pkg before I install it; I
> can't (necessarily) look inside an executable.

You can. But do you always look?



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