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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>rootkit</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="root-mode.html" title="root mode"/><link rel="next" href="rot13.html" title="rot13"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">rootkit</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="root-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rot13.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="rootkit"/><dt xmlns="" id="rootkit"><b>rootkit</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/root´kit/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>[very common] A kit for maintaining <a href="root.html"><i class="glossterm">root</i></a>; an
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automated <a href="../C/cracking.html"><i class="glossterm">cracking</i></a> tool. What <a href="../S/script-kiddies.html"><i class="glossterm">script
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kiddies</i></a> use. After a cracker has first broken in and gained
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root access, he or she will install modified binaries such as a modified
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version login with a backdoor, or a version of
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<span class="application">ps</span> that will not report the cracker's
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processes). This is a rootkit.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="root-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../R.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rot13.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">root mode </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> rot13</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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