Hello, i am new to the board and my first time posting

I was just wondering about rootkits. If someone could point me to previous posts or other web pages. Just wondering what commen ones are, how they work, what they do, and say if one was for linux.. would it work for freebsd or unix?


Thanks

a few links to help you out.... and welcome GF


http://online.securityfocus.com/guest/4871

http://www.l0t3k.org/security/documents/rootkit/

http://vancouver-webpages.com/rkdet/

http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/outils/rkscan...n/index.html.en

plus do a search for these:

lrk3, lrk4, lrk5, lrk6 (and some variants);
Solaris rootkit;
FreeBSD rootkit;
t0rn (including some variants and t0rn v8);
Ambient's Rootkit for Linux (ARK);
rh[67]-shaper;
Romanian rootkit;
RK17;
kenny-rk;
Adore LKM;
Maniac-RK;
dsc-rootkit.