From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: hardened: setuid
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:54:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <358eca8f0607130354u3a0d7713s30d5fe7348786921@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20060713T025718-373@post.gmane.org>
On 12/07/06, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> I have not seen any indication of comprimise.
> Yes the system had redhat some years ago. It's entirely possible the same
> partition table was used and therefore these residual files are artifacts
> of a previous installation. My googling did not find any thing.
>
> Where did you find out they are redhat files?
Have a look here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/Red_Hat_Contrib-Net__rhcn-bugs_redhat.com_.html
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/linux/linux-athena.html
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/athena/differences.html
I have found that re-using partitions without zeroing them first,
using e.g. dd, or without making a new fs over them ends up in old
files being suddenly resurrected . . .
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Regards,
Mick
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-12 19:21 [gentoo-user] hardened: setuid James
2006-07-12 19:39 ` Mark Shields
2006-07-12 19:53 ` Mick
2006-07-13 0:59 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2006-07-13 10:54 ` Mick [this message]
2006-07-12 20:03 ` [gentoo-user] " Donnie Berkholz
2006-07-13 1:03 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2006-07-13 2:48 ` Donnie Berkholz
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