Re: sorry for the wide question but
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Allen Ahoffman wrote:
> OK, I am looking for a good starting point and something with lots of
> depth for how to hack Linux systems.
Read the kernel mailinglist and learn to program C. ;)
> We have a system which was hacked.
I think you're meaning 'cracked'.
> We know the guy replaced netstat, ls, ps, and some other stuff, set up
> camp in /tmp, uses a hacked telnetd on a higher port, and gains root
> access, but we are looking for the hacks that get people in without
> passwords to start with.
> named hack I knew about not running named
> might be nfs hack
> its kernel 2.0.12 on the machine.
2.0.12 ? Then, if we guess that the other services on the box is from the same
era, i think you've got multiple root-compromisable services ;) Are you
running wu-ftpd from that time, for example?
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