Full Disclosure: Re: one of my servers has been compromized

[Charles Morris <cmorris () cs odu edu>]

+1. Except instead of MD5 you want to use something that isn't garbage.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com> wrote:
> A "poor man's" root kit detector is to take md5sums of critical system
> binaries (you'd have to redo these after patching), and keep the list on an
> inaccessible media (such as a thumb drive).  If you think the system is
> compromised, run md5sum against those files, and you will quickly know.
> You could even keep statically compiled copies on the thumb drive to use in
> an investigation.
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