Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 21:24:51 -0400 From: "Jonathan Slivko" <js43064n@pace.edu> To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>, Rami AlZaid <lists@alzaid.com> Subject: Re: Rooted Message-ID: <200108192124.AA162071044@stmail.pace.edu>
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A full re-install is much better than what you suggested, IMHO.
-- Jonathan
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Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu>
Microsoft, is that some kind of toilet paper?
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Rami AlZaid <lists@alzaid.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 20:21:39 -0400
>At 12:26 AM 8/19/2001, you wrote:
>>You may also be backdoored; if you weren't running something
like tripwire
>>to catch changes in your system files, you may want to go ahead
and
>>re-install FreeBSD entirely. May not be necessary, but it
shouldn't hurt.
>
>Would deleting /usr/src, cvsuping all the source, making world
and
>replacing all the files in /usr/local/etc and /etc remove the
backdoors? or
>is it necessary to wipe the hard disk and install everything all
over again?
>
>Thanks
>
>Rami AlZaid <rami (at) alzaid (dot) com> * ICQ # 1071118
>WebPages: www.alzaid.com * www.wooyeah.com
>
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