full-disclosure - Re: one of my servers has been compromized

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Message-ID: <CABgawuY=sGStrfyVA540Pcc584A2bmXjRWSs2=i0LYJ+CQUqQg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:09:48 -0500
From: Charles Morris <cmorris@...odu.edu>
To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@...rr.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: one of my servers has been compromized

+1. Except instead of MD5 you want to use something that isn't garbage.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@...rr.com> wrote:
> A "poor man's" root kit detector is to take md5sums of critical system
> binaries (you'd have to redo these after patching), and keep the list on an
> inaccessible media (such as a thumb drive).  If you think the system is
> compromised, run md5sum against those files, and you will quickly know.
> You could even keep statically compiled copies on the thumb drive to use in
> an investigation.
>

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