On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 21:04, Andrew Graupe wrote:
> Peter Pankonin wrote:
> 
> >On Tuesday 31 August 2004 06:51 pm, Matthew Kent wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>>I don't *think* anyone has broken in yet, but I can't be sure.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >

SNIP

> >>I've never done it before, but I believe there are some standard kits to
> >>check for signs of a rooting.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >chkrootkit, http://www.chkrootkit.org/
> >
> >  
> >
> I've heard that it is only possible to be really sure if you have a 
> guaranteed clean copy of the basic UNIX utilities, because skilled 
> hackers will replace some of the utilities chkrootkit uses with hacked 
> copies that will cover their actions.  Any suggestions on how to do this?
> 

If you have an rpm based distro you can verify the rpms. See this link
for details:http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5345 Th rest of
the series Thwarting the System Cracker is also highly recommended:
http://www.salmar.com/marcel/ljwritings.html ( near the bottom of the
page).

-- 
Neil Jolly

(with Yoda-like voice)
"Confrontation leads to anger...  Anger leads to fear...  Fear leads
to using Windows NT in mission-critical combat systems...  And this is
how the ancients fell...


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