I don't call sudo a rootkit, do you?
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ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 7 months agoRoot kit by definition means software that grants root privileges to whoever controls it. Anti-cheat, especially kernel level anti-cheat, does just that. Parts of the anti-cheat used for genshin impact has been used on entirely different computers to disable antivirus programs.
xep@kbin.social 7 months ago
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Should’ve clarified that it’s other users that are being granted elevated access, not the user sitting in front of the computer. Also, sudo doesn’t grant access, you must already have access to use sudo.
IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 7 months ago
That doesn't sound correct. That would mean
sudois a root kit, and I would be hard pressed to find people who agree with that statement.r00ty@kbin.life 7 months ago
I think it's very important to separate root and kernel mode. If you run an application as root, you are still running in user mode. Drivers and other kernel modules are running in kernel mode. There are a lot of differences with serious implications for system stability and security.