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RE: Sequence of numbers in a hacker provided script


From: "Sean Crawford" <sean01 () accnet com au>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:50:17 +1100


I'll bet money its for clearing logs of any trace of his actions....when he
backs out.........



--->
---> A hacker infiltrated our (Linux) system and left a script behind.
---> In the script there is a name and a numeric sequence.  What does
---> this numeric sequence mean?
--->
---> #!/bin/bash
---> #
---> # cleaner - by (The hacker's alias) [38.24.8888]
---> #
---> # Usage: ./cleaner 'your login name or any string'
--->
--
--->


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