> > > A good rootkit will install a "ps" that won't show the 'bot > > > processes. The one time a machine of mine got hacked, netstat > > > still worked, but I don't know why a hacked netstat couldn't be > > > installed as well. > > > > > Looking through /proc/≤pid> is probably still reliable. > > > > > > Hello Grant, > > > > I keep an old portable around, running wireshark and a flat hub. > > You can set your ethernet address to 0.0.0.0 and fire up wireshark. > > > > You can then sniff any (ethernet) segment of your network for > > nefarious traffic or male-configured network applictions. > > > > hth, > > > > James > > I can see in an xfce4 panel plugin that there is constantly a small > amount of incoming/outgoing traffic to/from the affected system when > there is no reason I know of for it. netstat doesn't show anything > that jumps out at me although this is the first time I've really used > it. All of the current netstat connections appear to be UNIX as > opposed to Internet. Should I paste them in? > > - Grant > [Error decoding BASE64] nope, they're all local socket connections. What kind of traffic are you seeing, i mean how much? Ever heard of tcpdump?
I just did a fresh reboot and as soon as xfce4 was loaded I was seeing between .2kbps and .6kbps incoming and outgoing traffic constantly in the xfce4 panel plugin which uses /proc/net/dev. I then changed the WPA wireless password on the router so the machine couldn't connect and the panel plugin started reporting small bursts of incoming/outgoing traffic instead of the constant stream. I then updated the machine's password to match the router's new password and the steady stream returned. netstat --ip reports absolutely no connections during all of this. Should I emerge tcpdump and run that? - Grant
