On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 02:42:17PM -0500, Ken Elliott wrote:
> >>The question is: under either one of these scenarios, could a serious
> hacker install a rootkit, and how?
>
> The rootkit is _already_ installed. When you loaded the Sony Software, you
> installed it. So, the real question becomes: what does that rootkit do?
> Can a hacker take advantage of it? Can a web page or email containing
> JavaScript (or other such) trigger the Sony rootkit to do something
> unexpected/undesired?
No no, forget Sony. Take this out of the context of the Sony rootkit or
other music DRM. For Frank, the question is whether someone can install
a rootkit under the circumstances mentioned, and how.
Paul
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