Anti-Rootkit app

Tim Clewlow tim1timau at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 14 16:15:51 PST 2008


--- Dan Lukes <dan at obluda.cz> wrote:

> >> I need to install an anti-rootkid
> 
> 	If I understand correctly, an intruder need to be superuser to be able 
> to install a rootkit.
> 
> 	If our intruders has superuser privileges, they can tamper any 
> anti-rootkit.
> 
> 	Is the main reason to install anti-rootkit we count the intruders are 
> so dumb to look for one of port's anti-rootkit package before they do 
> it's dirt work ?
> 
> 	Or I miss something important ?
> 
> 					Dan

One solution would be to have /var/log/auth.log being tailed out via a serial
port to another computer that is not accessable via a network - or have it sent
to a printer for a permanent hard-copy. It all depends on how much you really
want to do in regard to security.

Cheers, Tim.


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