On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 11:47, Derek Glidden wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 07:12, Mike Manchester wrote:
>
> > Well here it is in his words:
> > --------------------------------------
> > I reloaded that server last evening and moved all the files over to
> > it before I went to bed. So at 11 last night I could ftp in move
> > files around and all was well.
> >
> > Tonight I can't ftp to that box. So there must be a timed something
> > another that is rendering the ftp access to that box void after so
> > many hours.
> >
> > At least there is some consistency in that the previous versions
> > also worked for a while and then stopped. I thought it had to do
> > with the memory or something. Now I'm convinced it's the OS that's
> > buggy.
>
> Actually it sounds like he's setting up a stock out-of-the-box RedHat
> server, not securing it, and within a few hours it's getting hacked and
> he's getting locked out of his own machine.
That's my impression as well.
>
> Does he have direct access to this box to log into the console and check
> it for rootkits and whatnot out or is it hosted somewhere he only has
> remote access?
>
If he's an elementary Linux person, IMHO it would be less difficult to
just reinstall, and patch.
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