[ale] Linux Virus

[Wandered Inn]

Armsby John-G16665 wrote:
> 
> When I get this virus on my Linux box, I need to know whom to thank.  I take
> it your email IS correct below?  I assume I can then track you down after
> loading up the bus with all the ale subscribers whom I am sure would also
> like to thank you?

When you get the virus, I'll realize that you use poor password creation
techniques, because you can't suid a file to root unless you are root...
:)

> 
> :->
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas [mailto:tomas at kahuna.clayton.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:41 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Linux Virus
> 
> Ive thought of a way to make a linux virus.  Its fairly straight forward.
> Instead of just reproducing itself in a binary it changes the binary it
> copies itself to suid root, then when any user runs it, they run it as root
> and can spread it to any binary on the system.  freaky huh?
> 
> --
> Tomas
> Maxie Zeus
> tomas22 at mindspring.com
> http://kahuna.clayton.edu/~tomas
> 
> If God is perfect, why did He create discontinuous functions?
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