From: the wharf rat on 12 Feb 2010 00:05 In article <hl26bc$nts$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >Really? Tell us how rootkits really works then. > A rootkit is a collection of software that you install after "rooting" a system - gaining root or administrator access. It's purpose is to hide the compromise from the real administrators. A rootkit doesn't grant access. >Nope, I don't think so. As a 400MHz Celeron is the lowest that you can >go to get decent DVD playback from all I know under Windows. My I don't have anything nearly that old to test on. I have a couple of Dell CS400s but they don't even have a cd drive never mind a dvd... >
From: Bud on 12 Feb 2010 22:50 On 2010-02-11, BillW50 wrote: > > So to stop a rootkit, no user can use root level access. Well sounds > good on paper, but you can't install any applications or anything > without root access control. You don't have to be on line to the Internet now does it? > I use an old Toshiba 2595XDVD ('99 era) running Windows 98 with a 400MHz > Celeron with only 64GB of RAM to watch DVD movies on. Can Xine do this > on the same machine? Of course, with Linux on 200 MHZ AMD 90s era. -- Bud
From: TJ on 13 Feb 2010 04:20
> > I use an old Toshiba 2595XDVD ('99 era) running Windows 98 with a 400MHz > Celeron with only 64GB of RAM to watch DVD movies on. Can Xine do this > on the same machine? > wow u have problems with a 64GB of RAM computer playing dvds? :-D |