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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:13:21 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Raoul Schroeder <memphis_ms@gmx.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, fukuda shinichi <fukuda@alles.ad.jp>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: unknown process 
Message-ID:  <200104201814.f3KIE6p05737@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:43:13 MDT." <15072.26401.630643.257226@nomad.yogotech.com> 

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In message <15072.26401.630643.257226@nomad.yogotech.com>, Nate 
Williams writes
:
> > > > Take your system off the net and check it for signs of intrusion.
> > > >
> > > > Kris
> > > 
> > > Just a quick question: How does one check for signs of intrusion. The Fre
> eBSD
> > > handbook does not really talk a lot about this.
> > > Is there a good documentation about this?
> > 
> > Install an IDS immediately after installation, then use it.  This is 
> > not a 100% solution but IMO one of the better solutions in your toolkit.
> 
> Unfortunately, the most common IDS out there require your machine be
> more 'open' than necessary.
> 
> (ie; you leave the system open, and it closes them down with firewall
> entries, rather than just leaving the non-used ports closed down.)

Actually, the IDS I had in mind was Tripwire.


Regards,                         Phone:  (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert                        Fax:  (250)387-5766
Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
Province of BC            




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