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RE: [cobalt-users] BIND Hack



The only way to recover from a hack is to do a total system reinstall.
If you were smart you would have backed up important data and will be 
able to restore from a volume dated before the attack. The reason for 
the reinstall is to make absolutely certain that the attacker didn't 
leave any other Trojan programs behind. Typically the reason someone 
will gain access to a server is to plant programs there for later use
on another attack in order to make it harder to trace. In any event, 
a reinstall is the only way to give you total piece of mind. Anything 
less and you are only opening yourself up to more problems down the 
road.

Brandon Wheaton
UNIX Systems Engineer 
ValiCert, Inc.
1215 Terra Bella Ave. 
Mountain View, CA 94043 
650.567.5430 
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Computers are useless; they can only provide answers.
~Pablo Picasso

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ball [mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:01 AM
To: Cobalt-Users@List. Cobalt. Com
Subject: [cobalt-users] BIND Hack


Hi Guys,

Just subscribed to the list and have a question already.

One of our guys has been playing around with a Raq3 which he has had for
a
while, without the O/S update and it's been hit with the BIND hack, and
he's
having lots of grief with it.  Does anyone know how to restore
security/ownership to him without restoring from CD?

I apologise if this question has been asked before but as I said, I am
new
to the list.

Regards,

Steve



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