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comex ◴[] No.44602647[source]
> Once the system reaches normal security level, even root cannot tamper with these logs without rebooting into single-user mode

What stops the attacker from just editing /etc/rc.securelevel and then doing a normal reboot?

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1. TacticalCoder ◴[] No.44602691[source]
> What stops the attacker from just editing /etc/rc.securelevel and then doing a normal reboot?

Certainly a full reboot leaves more tracks than no full reboot? So it's harder to hide?