You seem to misconstrue what exactly
a rootkit is. It’s not an exploit as
a result of some programming error,
it’s a means of maintaining access
to a system, preferably unintrusively and undetected. The rootkit itself doesn’t provide a
means to compromise a system, an
vulnerability does.

For that matter, operating systems
like OpenBSD have their source so heavily scrutinised that remote exploits are very few and far between. Not only that, but the way
the kernel is designed, it actively
prevents processes that are not executed as root to run without some sort of privilege escalation. So, with programmes such as chkrootkit and rkhunter taking care of the current generations of rootkit signatures, most Linux/BSD users with a clue about their operating system shouldn’t have any trouble with rootkits.

Try reading a book before posting
about topics you clearly know nothing
about.

With an exploit. Ever heard of root
privilege escalation? Try a secure OS
like OpenBSD. 2 remote exploits in over 13 years.

So, how much are you paid per comment?

Just 50 cents :(

and everyone pointing to ubuntu as a way to avoid them really needs a frickin clue, using precompiled source that does shit to your system you have no clue about is just asking for trouble. And before you say ‘oh but it’s all checked before sent to repositories’ just check the bug traq’s to see the number of exploits that get approved and sent into the repositories only to be discovered later on.

Thank you, a longer post let me almost “get to know you” betterish and I apologize for any harsh tone. Sometimes I’m just bitchy, and the Interblags bring that out in me. Sorry if I had a lack of respect.

But yeah, no matter what you’re running it’s pretty much mandatory to… well, know what you’re doing. Yeah. (Working on it!) Like, don’t let yourself ever use IE, don’t even think about connecting to the Interwebs on Windows without an AV prog already installed… av crap on flash drive… goodstuffs.

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