Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:55:46 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "chris\@darkadsl.ca" <chris@darkadsl.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hacker problem...Takes down apache? Message-ID: <44bpnv2s9p.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <40db8bb280d58ed7874492a66de0fa86@localhost> (chris@darkadsl.ca's message of "Tue\, 07 Jul 2009 15\:50\:06 -0700") References: <40db8bb280d58ed7874492a66de0fa86@localhost>
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"chris@darkadsl.ca" <chris@darkadsl.ca> writes: > I run a virtual hosting server and one of my clients got hacked (weak > password in CMS). Since you know the machine was hacked, you can't trust *anything* on the machine. If possible, you should rebuild it. If a jail was hacked, replacing that jail may be enough. You might be able to clean up the hack by reverse-engineering it, but you'll never be able to be sure you got everything. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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