RE: [Full-Disclosure] Rootkit

["Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hane [mailto:dlhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Rootkit
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently had a machine get hacked before I could finish 
> installing all the 
> damn remote-root exploit patches that have been released in 
> the last week. I've done the forensics and I know how they 
> got in and what they did but I 
> would like to know what rootkit they used.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a good scanner or info site where I can 
> compare some of 
> the binaries I saved (the machine has been wiped)?

This is a great tool for many things, not just forensics.  Everyone who
has to do investigations or restorations should have a current copy.
http://fire.dmzs.com/

You might also want to get chkrootkit.
http://www.chkrootkit.org/ (This sometimes doesn't respond.)
http://www.pangeia.com.br/download.htm (You can also get it here.)

Paul Schmehl (pauls@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ 

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