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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 02:14:43 -0400
From:      "ShellsAndHosting.com Administration" <admin@shellsandhosting.com>
To:        "Chris BeHanna" <behanna@zbzoom.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Rooted
Message-ID:  <000901c1293f$6af67620$0200000a@critter>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0108192236470.6275-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>

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Hi,

 Install /usr/ports/secuity/chkrootkit, run it an see what you come up with
before anything.

Regards,

Jason
admin@shellsandhosting.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris BeHanna" <behanna@zbzoom.net>
To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Rooted


> On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Rami AlZaid wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
>     Are you certain that gcc wasn't backdoored, or install, or
> what-have-you?
>
>     That's one reason among many that you need to wipe the disk and
> start over, then install tripwire and chkrootkit the next time around.
>
> --
> Chris BeHanna
> Software Engineer                   (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
> behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
> I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
>
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