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Date:      Mon, 08 Apr 2002 14:12:40 -0500
From:      "Todd Reed" <ex279@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Recovering from a Hack 
Message-ID:  <F574koO7bhXfT433nD000005794@hotmail.com>

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I got hit last week by someone/something that has turned my BSDbox into a 
DDOS attacker (I think).  Every two or three days I have to reboot because 
it starts flooding the network.  Once I reboot it, it ges back to working 
"normal".  This is a temp fix for me until I can rebuild it in the next few 
days, but I was wondering if some of you people could offer some personal 
advice on building a more secure box.  I know the basics (shutdown all 
unnecessary ports, etc), but what are some issues or tricks that you have 
used to make it more secure.  I would like to get enough responses and 
compile a list to post on www.freebsddiary.org.

Also, if the events were to take place that your box was hacked and the 
intruder turned it into a DDoS attacker, what would you look at to kill the 
program?  Results from a PS command look normal, but they could have changed 
the PS file.

--Todd

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