[YLUG] Security problem

[Arthur Clune]

On 7 Apr 2007, at 12:40, Alex Smith wrote:

> Most people check for "trojans" (or rather, rootkits in Lunix) with
> chkrootkit. This is available through apt, or from
> http://www.chkrootkit.org

This is good advice, but if you want to be sure you'll have
to boot of a live CD and then run chkrootkit. Try auditor.

As Alex says, unless you have specific reasons to think otherwise,
a desktop linux system is unlikely to have been hacked. Something
running php apps on the other hand..... :)

Arthur

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Arthur Clune
"Anyone who says they understand TCP/IP, doesn't" - Van Jacobsen