Are there rootkits for Linux? or are they platform independent? On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Visakh <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Duck and cover! The Chinese are attacking! Ok, may be that is not what > is happening! But at any rate- it is advisable not to probe the > attacker. The best defense on the net for us commoners is to remain > completely stealthy. Trying to probe the attacker will just give away > more data for the attacker to use. Don't risk it unless you are a > security expert. You should consider using a firewall to completely > block any intrusion attempts (Firestarter or iptables). Once you set > up the firewall, you can go to this site to make sure you are > stealthy: > > https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 > > As for this particular incident, I am not sure what kind of attack > it is, or even if it is an attack (I am not a security expert). And > the chinese characters may not necessarily mean that it is in china. > Anyway, besides firewall- I also recommend that you check your system > for any rootkits (chkrootkit). > > Regards, > Gokul Das > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
