From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jul 27 10:11:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from chrome.jdl.com (chrome.jdl.com [209.39.144.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1117F37B401 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:11:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdl@chrome.jdl.com) Received: from chrome.jdl.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chrome.jdl.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA15378; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:16:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jdl@chrome.jdl.com) Message-Id: <200107271716.MAA15378@chrome.jdl.com> To: "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some Followup on that ypchfn mess of mine In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:38:24 EDT." <3B616ED0.8050808@lmc.ericsson.se> Clarity-Index: null Threat-Level: none Software-Engineering-Dead-Seriousness: There's no excuse for unreadable code. Net-thought: If you meet the Buddha on the net, put him in your Kill file. Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:16:16 -0500 From: Jon Loeliger Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So, like "Antoine Beaupre (LMC)" was saying to me just the other day: > Hi. > > Sorry to be a pain, but you really should kill this machine. Just backup > your data, format the drive and reinstall from trusted source. > > You can't just keep playing around this box and expect to fix > everything. Unless you already had some IDS such as tripwire, it's > almost impossible. > > Reinstall. It's for your own good. :) > > A. OK, I'll state it publicly: This machine will be rebuilt from sources. The old disk will be completely reformatted. I'm putting a new firewall in place first. jdl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message