exploiting kernel

[Timothy Smith]

iwan at staff.usd.ac.id wrote:

>I'm sorry my english makes confuse, my email mean:
>I need to know about kernel's freebsd exploiting to
>securing my box. And I need to know how hackers do that
>(and what kind of tools they used) either.
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>Thanks.
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>>iwan at staff.usd.ac.id wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>Can kernel's freeBSD exploited by tools hacking ? If
>>>true,
>>>can I know how to fix this problem, and what tools can do
>>>that.
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>>>Thanks alot
>>>
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>>thats a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.
>>the port chkrootkit can help tell you if a root kit has
>>been installed
>>on your system, thats all i can tell you with the
>>information you gave.
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for security, generally the kernel and base is not the biggest concern, 
it is ports.
read this section on keeping your ports up to date
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

and this info is on securing the system in general
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security-advisories.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/securing-freebsd.html

if you have already been broken into, some details on what happened will 
help us advise you on what they probably used.