On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Martin Stricker wrote:
> Jean Francois Ortolo wrote:
> >
> A process using libreadline wouldn't write to it but only read it, so I
> suspect a renegade process which was not aware there was anything on
> that place of your harddisk. I think some process which had write rights
> to libreadline did a random disk write out of accident. But without the
> damaged file there is no way to know for sure.
>
Random disk write out? Not possible... Apart from an alien hackerised
program. I can't deny any port above 1024, for these ones must be
available for any user. Secondary, if I did that, I could'nt even keep
connected to the net. Anyway, these ports are not dangerous, since by
definition, they don't involve internal services on my machine, such as
those below 1024 do. Apart from that, all my ports below 1024 are denied.
> > What happened?
> > Probably a sudden random libreadline.so.4.1 file change, apparently
> > only due to hazard, and the harddisk behaviour. Weird.
>
> Yes, it definitely is weird. But occasionally those things do happen,
> and that's one of the reasons you keep backups. Like Michael Schwendt
> pointed out those odd things are often the first sightings of growing
> problems like hardware failure or a severe software bug. It could even
> be a memory malfunction causing something to be changed into a write
> instruction. Keep your eyes open, watch your logs and be happy if no
> more weird things happen.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin Stricker
>
Hi Martin
From today, I'll try to keep a look at the HD behaviour, and keep being
careful of any intrusion attempt in my machine.
Don't worry, be happy!
Best regards,
Jean Francois Ortolo
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