chfn, date, chsh INFECTED according to chkrootkit

[Thordur Ivar B.]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:49:49 +0200
Nicolas Rachinsky <list at rachinsky.de> wrote:

> * "Thordur Ivar B." <thib at mi.is> [2004-08-18 14:25 +0000]:
> > But still, you can only be sure if you trust you CVS checkout. 
> 
> And your compiler and other tools used to build everything.
> 
> http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/
> 
> Nicolas
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Yes ofcourse you will need to trust your own toolchain and compiler (I keep
"trusted" binarys on CD to use in cases like this. (And for post-mortem
inspection.)

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