Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks

Thwarted Linux backdoor hints at smarter hacks
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-06

Software developers on Wednesday detected and thwarted a hacker's scheme to submerge a slick backdoor in the next version of the Linux kernel, but security experts say the abortive caper proves that extremely subtle source code tampering is more than just the stuff of paranoid speculation.

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Well I may tend to agree with the comments. But dont you think there could be more to installing of subtle backdoors in the linux kernel. IRC and shell boxes are becomming lesser and lesser day by day, and also many now host some BSD versions. So there is some one out there who was going to profit by this. The best part is now-a-days you dont need to exploit the vulnerabilities to gain mileage. Any takers?

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