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Date:      Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:59:12 -0500
From:      Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
To:        Mike Alich <hostmaster@cctinc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HACKED & SECURITY
Message-ID:  <369171F0.262944AF@aei.ca>
References:  <36916425.10286B80@cctinc.net>

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Mike Alich wrote:
> 
> I am hoping you can help me...
> 
> My server got hacked and there was no evidence in the root .history file
> of there actions.  I believe they have a backdoor program on the server
> they run.
> 
> I have disabled all shell login except myself.
> The only inetd running is FTP and qpopper mail server.
> 
> I only use ssh for server access
> 
> And I have done binary file restores from the live file system cd to the
> following:
> /bin
> /sbin
> /usr/bin
> /usr/sbin
> /usr/libexec
> 
> Is there any other file areas (binaries) I need to restore?
> 
> I have run diff's on all of the above files and they are good.
> 
> Also do you have any ideas of how they got in.  I believe they have been
> in for a while now.
> 
> I really cant do a full re-install because there is too much custom work
> on the server.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advanced!
> --
> Mike Alich
> mike@cctinc.net
> Cyber Communication Technologies, Inc.
> Web Hosting and Internet Solutions.
> http://www.cctinc.net
> Virtual Web Hosting $14.95 per month
Please send a:
$ uname -a

You didn't mention what version of FreeBSD.
I'm not an expert, but I think Qpopper has a major security problem some
week/month ago. You should upgrade to the latest version.
-- 
[Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/]
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