Ack! I've been rooted...

[Peter Gordon]

On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 18:42 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote:
> > 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.
> > --
> 
> Will rsync operate without cp, ls, etc?
> 
> Chris

Probably not, but the entire disk will have been wiped at that point;
and you'd be restoring using tools from a rescue CD or your favorite
Linux LiveCD/LiveDVD. (Personally, I'm a big fan of Knoppix.)
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