Chip,
It looks like `rkhunter` stores it's files under `/var/lib/rkhunter`, so
copy the known-good files from this directory to the questionable server.
Expect some amount of differences to be reported. For example, the host
name will be detected as changed. I'm not an rkhunter expert, just a fellow
user. Hope that helps!
Mark
On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:47 AM Chip <jeffsch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That actually sounds like a good idea - I hadn't thought of the VM
> approach! Thank you.
>
> Could I do as you suggested and then rather than compare signature by
> signature which would be onerous, somehow export the signatures from the
> known-good to the considered-bad? And if so, what would be the process for
> that?
>
> On 04/03/2018 10:42 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>
>
> That is outside of the scope of rkhunter. The recommended practice is to
> start using rkhunter on a known-good system.
>
> If you want the correct signatures for a known-good Ubuntu 16.04 server,
> you can spin one one in a VM, fully patch it, and then compare file
> signatures between that server and yours.
>
> If you are concerned your box is compromised, there is always the safe
> approach of rebuilding it from a known-good state.
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 9:24 AM Chip <jeffsch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> New to rkhunter.
>>
>> What is the logic behind using propupd with a system that is already or
>> potentially compromised?
>>
>> It would seem that a lot of people arrive at rkhunter suspicious that
>> their system has already been compromised.
>>
>> So how does someone actually update with propupd against *known* good
>> signatures that reside *outside* their box?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
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