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Re: Things I Don't Understand About Debian



On Vi, 25 feb 11, 12:42:51, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote:
> The fact that a compromised user account = a compromised machine is
> of course very true. However, when detected it might be that the
> attacker did not manage yet to get root permissions. Thus, it buys
> some time.

But there is no 100% way to tell the machine is clean, so you will have 
to wipe and reinstall anyway.

Regards,
Andrei
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