Ack! I've been rooted...

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 2 05:18:43 UTC 2007


From: "Peter Gordon" <peter at thecodergeek.com>

> Chris Mohler wrote:
>> So - the plan:
>> 1. telinit 1
>> 2. try to reinstall coreutils
>> 3. telinit 3
>> 4. rsync the last week's worth of data to another machine
>> 5. reformat/reinstall
>> 6. create new home dirs
>> 7. rsync the data back - do a recursive chown/chmod
>> 8. run rkhunter
>>
>
> You can skip steps 1 through 3.
> Backup all data that you know for certain is still safe, wipe the disk 
> entirely,
> and do a clean reinstall. If the box was rooted, there is no way to 
> determine
> the extent of the intrusion, and therefore any attempts to replace solely 
> the
> compromised aspects of the system would be irrelevant.

One might also consider brand new passwords for all accounts without
exception, too.

{o.o} 




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