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Date:      Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:53:29 -0700
From:      John-David Childs <jdc@nterprise.net>
To:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Log Analysis for Feb  4 on host www.example.net
Message-ID:  <19990205105329.60781@denver.net>

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Two days ago I discovered that one of my machines was hacked. I've been
seeing "[telnetd] ttloop: peer died"  daily log entries like the one below
for weeks, but I initially assumed that it was from one of the employees
running WhatsUp Gold (whenever that program connects to port 23 and then
disconnects, I get that same ttloop message).  On Monday I began to get
suspicious about the possibility of hackers, and the next day discovered
that indeed the system was hacked (commands appeared via lastcomm as run
by root from a tttyv device, yet no one was logged into the machine
according to the last command (suggesting that a hacker/s wiped
/var/log/wtmp, but not /var/account/acct)

The only users who are allowed shell accounts on the system are four-six
employees of the company.  While the possibility that another system on
the network (i.e. NT) was compromised and a password sniffer installed...
do you know how/why I would see all these ttloop peer died messages from
faraway locations to the telnet port?  Is this typical of a root-kit'd
FreeBSD telnetd?  

-----Forwarded message from Charlie Root <root@www.example.net>-----

From: Charlie Root <root@www.example.net>
Message-Id: <199902050902.CAA13399@www.example.net>
Subject: Log Analysis for Feb  4 on host www.example.net
Apparently-To: root@www.example.net

Critical Events
Authorization Events
Authpriv events
Daemon events
Feb  4 01:24:14 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 01:24:14 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 01:24:19 www telnetd[8695]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 04:04:28 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 04:04:28 www telnetd[11535]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 04:04:28 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 04:50:44 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 04:50:44 www telnetd[12320]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 04:50:44 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 04:54:27 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 04:54:27 www telnetd[12383]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 04:54:27 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 06:15:00 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 06:15:01 www telnetd[13968]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 06:15:01 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 06:43:57 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 06:43:57 www telnetd[14586]: ttloop:  peer died: Undefined error: 0
Feb  4 06:43:58 www inetd[118]: telnet from 128.123.33.197
Feb  4 08:27:00 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 08:31:02 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 10:04:43 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.105
Feb  4 10:17:16 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.200.11
Feb  4 10:34:53 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 10:46:33 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.103
Feb  4 11:15:39 www inetd[118]: ftp from 166.93.82.58
Feb  4 11:16:32 www inetd[118]: ftp from 166.93.82.58
Feb  4 11:39:51 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.201.9
Feb  4 11:40:29 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.106
Feb  4 12:29:16 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 12:30:34 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.200.12
Feb  4 12:30:49 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.200.12
Feb  4 12:32:18 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.200.12
Feb  4 13:20:31 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 13:41:08 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 13:41:26 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 13:52:03 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 13:56:20 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 16:20:09 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 16:22:02 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.19.202.105
Feb  4 16:46:50 www inetd[118]: telnet from 206.19.202.81
Feb  4 21:30:34 www inetd[118]: ftp from 206.214.78.149

-- 
John-David Childs (JC612)	Enterprise Internet Solutions
Systems Administration          http://www.nterprise.net
  & Network Engineering         8707 E. Florida Ave #814 Denver, CO 80231
Losing your drivers' license is just God's way of saying "BOOGA,
BOOGA!"

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