Grant wrote: >>> Any tips here guys? Is there some kind of an audit process I can go >>> through periodically to help ensure I'm safe? >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 8:52 AM Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I noticed some strange behavior recently which has since gone away. >>>> From a security standpoint, if root is hacked I suppose there's no >>> way >>>> to know, but if not can I use root to determine whether my user is >>>> still secure? >> I think there are some rootkit checks and other things, but other than going >> through all the settings files, it will be difficult. >> What was thebstrange behaviour? > The strange behavior was a critically slow internet connection first > thing in the morning that wasn't fixed by a reboot or modem power > cycle. My net0 monitor didn't show any traffic but I still wonder if > the upstream pipe could have been clogged with data. My problem > seemed to be the downstream but I think a full upstream pipe can slow > the downstream? No ISP reports online and it cleared up after a short > while. I haven't seen that before. Would you be concerned? > > Is there a separate device I can put on the network to monitor traffic > so I can review it later on? > >
This may be related but it may not. I notice things like this at times and I watch the light on my modem. If the light is blinking, something is using the internet. If not, it is upstream. One thing I check, my cell phone. It is set to ask but for some updates, it doesn't. At times here, I can see my download stream reduced by half at least. It could be my ISP being overloaded, it could be the server I'm connected too. I think with the bug going around and a lot of people working from home, it's slowing the internet a bit at times depending on how your traffic is being routed or what sites you connect too. I read somewhere that youtube actually stopped high resolution videos for a while to help reduce this problem. I think it was in Europe somewhere but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened in a lot of places. Could someone have hacked you, possible. If you have something that is worth hacking that makes you a target, very possible. Could it just be that the internet is being heavily loaded and struggling to keep up, could be. One thing I did once. I had a video site that was really slow. It's was about like dial-up slow. What should take a hour or less was showing 6 or 8 hours. I went to another video site and tried it. While not a max speed data transfer, it was pretty close to normal. My thinking, a lot of other people were using that site and it was heavily loaded but the systems between me and it was a little slower as well, although barely noticeable. Just some things to ponder and maybe watch for or test. May help, may not. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
