Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but whilst security has been
raised as a topic, here's a nice little app that I'd recommend everyone
crons on a daily basis.

neteng-iain linux # emerge search rkhunter
Searching...   
[ Results for search key : rkhunter ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
 
*  app-forensics/rkhunter
      Latest version available: 1.1.8
      Latest version installed: 1.1.7
      Size of downloaded files: 109 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.rootkit.org/
      Description: Rootkit Hunter scans for known and unknown rootkits, 
backdoors, and sniffers.
      License:     GPL-2

(Damn, better update)

rkhunter will perform a respectable number of checks on the host machine
and warn of potential hazards.

Regs.

Iain.

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