Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:59:49 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: ben@rosengart.com, Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, ahd@kew.com, leec@adam.adonai.net, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hacked and don't know why Message-ID: <14999.901130389@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:35:51 MDT." <199807221635.KAA06020@lariat.lariat.org>
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> Well, even someone parading around as root wouldn't have much purpose > in changing the ownership of files to User 30005 (no ID) or in changing > the group ownership to random gid's. Very obvious and not good for hacking. You're assuming that the hackers knew what they were doing or that they didn't attempt to run other exploit scripts which malfunctioned. > files. There was definitely a malfunction on the system level. I still see no proof of that. This is poor science without any actual evidence to back it up and you're merely engaging in speculation here. To say something is "definitely" a certain way without clear proof of it does not enhance one's credibility. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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