full-disclosure - [inbox] Re: Reacting to a server compromise

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: lcamtuf at coredump.cx (Michal Zalewski)
Subject: [inbox] Re: Reacting to a server compromise

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Curt Purdy wrote:

> Actually the traditionally accepted court evidence is real-time printouts of
> data received by the syslog server.

So what would stop anyone from replacing some of the printouts after the
fact?

It's pretty much as insecure as log files in terms of being susceptible to
tampering with by the alleged victim (although less susceptible to remote
manipulation by the attacker after the fact, true).

-- 
------------------------- bash$ :(){ :|:&};: --
 Michal Zalewski * [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx]
    Did you know that clones never use mirrors?
--------------------------- 2003-08-05 09:43 --