On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Petro wrote:
> If you believe that you've been hacked, fdisk and restore from
> backup--if you are absolutely positive your backup is clean.
> Otherwise rebuild from scratch.
I can easily agree with the above, emphasizing the "if" clause on top of
it. You do not want to wipe away your computer and spend a good amount of
time rebuilding it unless you _believe_ it has been rooted. That's why you
unplug it (to begin with) and carefully check the contents of its hard
disk(s) using a known good system, possibly using another computer
altogether to do the check.
THEN you wipe the compromised system away and reinstall it...
Bye
Giacomo
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