On Friday 15 August 2003 08:55 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Thursday August 14 2003 05:22 pm, Chris wrote: > > On Thursday 14 August 2003 01:11 am, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > > > > Running chkrootkit I get the following when searching for > > > > > suspicious files and directories. Does this mean these are > > > > > suspicious or just the ones checked?
> > Anyone else have thoughts on this? What exactly does chkrootkit > > check for in these files? > > I noticed most all the suspect files belonged to closed source > proprietary applications. Namely StarOffice and Java. Use of > closed source drivers and apps is always a security risk. So there is probably nothing to worry about however its much better to run open source apps ie..OO than SO. Is there a way to check the files/dirs listed and what would I be looking for? -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 7:44pm up 2 days, 2:25, 4 users, load average: 0.72, 0.39, 0.23
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