Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:50:59AM -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote:
>> Arthur Sherman wrote:
I use scripts now to monitor user space for new php code.
>>> Could you share these scripts?
>> On a Solaris system you can use the built-in aset tool, and for any
>> Unix/Linu
> >> I use scripts now to monitor user space for new php code.
> >>
> >> dp
> >
> >
> > Could you share these scripts?
>
> On a Solaris system you can use the built-in aset tool, and
> for any Unix/Linux system you can use trip-wire or Cfengine.
>
> dp
Thanks!
Best,
--
Arthur Sherman
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:50:59AM -0700, Dennis Peterson wrote:
> Arthur Sherman wrote:
> >> I use scripts now to monitor user space for new php code.
> > Could you share these scripts?
>
> On a Solaris system you can use the built-in aset tool, and for any
> Unix/Linux system you can use trip-w
Arthur Sherman wrote:
>> I've had to repair or replace a number of "Contact Us" and
>> feedback type php scripts that were incredibly easy to
>> exploit and in fact actually were exploited. More than once
>> one of my own systems was spewing spam from badly crafted web
>> pages. Many of these w
> I've had to repair or replace a number of "Contact Us" and
> feedback type php scripts that were incredibly easy to
> exploit and in fact actually were exploited. More than once
> one of my own systems was spewing spam from badly crafted web
> pages. Many of these would never be found except
John Rudd wrote:
> What Unix-like systems have going for them IS NOT privilege separation,
> it is that the *nix culture is much more aggressive/responsive when it
> comes to generating patches for vulnerabilities ... getting them out
> more frequently than Windows service packs. But that depe
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:47:39 -0400
"David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote:
>
> > Why go through all the trouble of creating a linux virus, when there
> > are tons of readily exploitable php out there?
>
> Like I said, because of the publicity value. There are some
David F. Skoll wrote:
> The Morris worm did not propagate via file sharing or e-mail;
That's not entirely true. The Morris worm used multiple techniques to
infiltrate a system, one of which was a common "hole" that sendmail
systems used which allowed an external sender to specify a file or
pr
Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote:
> Why go through all the trouble of creating a linux virus, when there
> are tons of readily exploitable php out there?
Like I said, because of the publicity value. There are some virus writers
out there who do it for the "fame".
Regards,
David.
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:38:26AM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote:
> > I am absolutely certain that, once there's a market for it,
> > non-windows viruses will appear.
>
> There *is* already a huge market for a Linux virus. The market is different
> from the Windows market. In the Windows world, th
Steve Holdoway wrote:
> Well, ignoring the ensuing flame war as to whether a worm is a virus
> ( it certainly is in this context! ), the first ever virus was unix
> based.
Actually, I believe CHRISTMA EXEC predated the Morris worm, and that
was on IBM System/370. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chri
On Die, 2008-04-01 at 16:21 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote:
[...]
> Well, ignoring the ensuing flame war as to whether a worm is a virus
> ( it certainly is in this context! ), the first ever virus was unix
> based. And Microsoft Windows hadn't been invented yet. Or linux.
But the Unix world learned
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:01:10 -0400
"David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not believe there has been a real Linux virus in the wild, and
> I can't believe someone wouldn't have created one by now if it were
> as easy as on Windoze. Heck, even MSFT has probably tried as part
> of it's
Steve Holdoway wrote:
[Regarding viruses on Linux/UNIX]
> Because, it *IS* going to change, just as soon as the market share
> makes it profitable. No question about it.
People have been saying that for a long time, but I have my doubts.
Linux/UNIX is a different environment, with more strongly-
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