packet sniffers detected
chkrootkit has detected three packet sniffers that were loaded onto this
machine by unauthorized external parties since Monday morning of this
week. A packet sniffer was also loaded onto this machine last saturday
and I took the machine off line; uninstalled dhclient which was infected
reinstalled a copy of dhclient from an installation CD and changed all of
the system's passwords before going back on line Monday morning. From the
time this computer went on line monday morning until the time the next
packet sniffers got installed was no more than an hour. My conclusion
from this exercise is that I need to learn more about systems
administration than I already know; any help in the way of pointers toward
this goal will be much appreciated.
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