When you install just make sure you make new file systems on your partitions - that will be enough.
However - you need to determine how you got cracked else, unless you change something, you will get cracked again. BB on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:44:51PM +1000, Dan Banyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Recently my linux box was hacked. I re-installed the OS but I am still > having problems with the machine. At this stage I am unsure whether these > problems are due a hardware or software issue. > > I would like to totally wipe the hard disk and start again just in case the > hackers have left any files. There seems to be loads of disk wiping > utilities for Windows but I cannot see a way in which I can totally wipe the > disk. Does anyone know of a utility or command? > > Also does anyone know of a hardware checking facility? I am using SuSE 7.2. > I am getting to the stage when I am considering junking the whole machine, > but this seems a real waste. Comments from anyone who has been hacked on > what they did? > > Thanks in advance. > > Dan > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
