On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Peter Green wrote:

> how can i find whether my system is been port scanned
> or not ( which is the log files i should watch0
> 
> Which are the log files which are to be regularly
> watched for security 

If you have portsentry, then /var/log/messages, but check the portsentry 
configuration anyway.

> is there any utility in *nix for getting root pasword
> (which is shadow pasword enabled)

depends on the algorithm.  if you use crypt, then brute force crackers 
can get it relatively easier.  if you use md5, it's virtually 
impossible, although if you choose a bad password...

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