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Re: Verify programs



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On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 11:34:35AM +0200, Bas Benschop wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This weekend several systems at our site were hacked. In /var/spool/.test/
> several programs were installed, log, pscan, x and xscan.
> 
> Also some system utilities were replaced with older versions. Is it
> possible to check the versions of programs and compare them with the
> versions in the package database?

Yup.  It's entirely possible you will never know exactly what
happened.  Your best bet is to fdisk, format and reinstall after being
compromised, restoring user data from a backup before the compromise.

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 .''`.     Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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