From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1II7J9-0000vu-Nf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:28:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l76IQ1Qm025951; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:26:01 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l76IGcbo013089 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:16:39 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h30so2807930wxd for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:16:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=dyICYbY3qHnMfR2eH0wpmeJiYbQEeljGGLX8MjO+YtRoEA/V3EQ5L9AZyH1U8FV12N6q3zeCMw6yMb68ZRuJgKlJBMV5d94u4OemhkLeaJ0GzL3AT7WsEdUPMME4BisDGB8IWCuy38JecEMqNduweN9EA6RhWZQVdNVSNGZW93o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=BAraNQz1AOwpqB64d/cVRRTqNUUar1iO76EcIxQ/GCrR/wVXZlL8f44Y/CwMsNmNjjdnNpEMnNAO6BlOn+4UiiH3XLMGI6McMMozH3TOjUT0BGMV6INOE2hVIIiF+e4rGeGCNpcyQFfHvZciuG9fQ8YB/yiLMLHg6Wr9aZuMQHQ= Received: by 10.90.119.15 with SMTP id r15mr5088418agc.1186424198893; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.78.4 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:16:38 -0500 From: Paul To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Excessive processor usage In-Reply-To: <200708061909.11051.uwix@iway.na> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_85597_23940292.1186424198854" References: <46B70B09.7010909@verizon.net> <20070806162956.86822e02.hilse@web.de> <46B734DD.6060508@verizon.net> <200708061909.11051.uwix@iway.na> X-Archives-Salt: 180849d8-1237-46dd-9433-cc71a919b99e X-Archives-Hash: e40bed0602f250d8457b652d3e98c75f ------=_Part_85597_23940292.1186424198854 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline so there is always an assumption On 8/6/07, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 06 August 2007, sean wrote: > > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:01 +0200 "Xav'" > wrote: > > >> If you want to check there is no such program on your system, I > > >> advice you to try chkrootkit, to check there is no such rootkit on > > >> your system... > > > > > > To put it correctly, since there is _NO_ way to assure that there > isn't > > > a rootkit: > > > > > > chkrootkit can be used to check whether there _are_ _known_ rootkits. > > > > > > BTW, there are other, similar programs that do the same. > > > But my point is: You can never be sure, since a hypothesis can't be > > > proven correct, just invalid. > > > > > > If there are indications a rootkit might be present, there's no secure > > > way to remove it but to reinstall. > > > > > > -hwh > > > > Hans, Xav, Thank You both, ran the root kit check no problems. > > The problems remain: You can't be sure. :-( > > Uwe > > -- > Jack Nicholson: My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a > bitch. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- / / \ O / \/_( .__ / \ __\/ ) ./ ( ------=_Part_85597_23940292.1186424198854 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline so there is always an assumption

On 8/6/07, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
On 06 August 2007, sean wrote:
> Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:01 +0200 "Xav'" < blackhawk@linuxant.fr> wrote:
> >> If you want to check there is no such program on your system, I
> >> advice you to try chkrootkit, to check there is no such rootkit on
> >> your system...
> >
> > To put it correctly, since there is _NO_ way to assure that there isn't
> > a rootkit:
> >
> > chkrootkit can be used to check whether there _are_ _known_ rootkits.
> >
> > BTW, there are other, similar programs that do the same.
> > But my point is: You can never be sure, since a hypothesis can't be
> > proven correct, just invalid.
> >
> > If there are indications a rootkit might be present, there's no secure
> > way to remove it but to reinstall.
> >
> > -hwh
>
> Hans, Xav, Thank You both, ran the root kit check no problems.

The problems remain: You can't be sure. :-(

Uwe

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