[PLUG] Think I've been hacked
Michael Rasmussen
mikeraz at patch.com
Mon Jan 24 23:04:19 UTC 2005
Rich Burroughs wrote:
>
> If you do find you've been hacked, though, there's no reliable way to
> clean house on a compromised box. Once the tools you're using can't be
> trusted, then it's all downhill.
Those two statements don't logically tie together. One can reinstall the
tools - boot from a resuce CD so you are assured that RPM is OK. Once RPM
(or apt tools) are known good you can verify and reinstall any other system
binaries.
--
Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
http://meme.patch.com/memes/BicycleRiding
Get Fixed: http://www.dampfixie.org
The fortune cookie says:
I dote on his very absence.
-- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
More information about the PLUG
mailing list