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Date:      Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:57:51 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        "Brent" <mrb@bmyster.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to check for a compromised system
Message-ID:  <20060628085751.850e7944.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060628122920.M72053@bmyster.com>
References:  <20060628122920.M72053@bmyster.com>

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In response to "Brent" <mrb@bmyster.com>:

> Hello,
> Im running several servers all ranging from FBSD 4.11 through the 5.4 release
> , patched of course. MY question is how do i check a system to see if has been
> compromised ? I have already run a current version "chkrootkit" & found nothing.

You need to plan ahead and install Samhain (or equiv) on the machines _before_
they're deployed so you can detect unauthorized changes.

> The symptom im seeing is yesterday all of a sudden the root user was removed
> from the /etc/passwd file & Im not sure on how to track down what happened. I
> managed to recover from this. Are there any other tools that i can use to
> track down say who did what on the box? files that may have changed & time &
> dates...

Yeah, Samhain and its class of software.  Unfortunately, you have to have
it set up _before_ this happens in order for it to be useful.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.



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