Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Apache Security Alert from my CO-LO facility

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ML> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 14:33:57 -0500
ML> From: Mailing Lists


ML> Mainly get that box updated, pay attention to what is going
ML> on in the list, join some security bulletin message lists and
ML> you should be okay. I doubt you have been hacked, if you
ML> haven't noticed any oddities. But do get patched and upgraded
ML> ASAP. If you are concerned that the box is hacked look into
ML> the archives for "hacked".

Installing Tripwire or similar on a system (WHEN KNOWN CLEAN) is
a good idea.

I disagree with the "probably not cracked if you don't notice
anything strange" statement.  My experience has been that most
people _do not_ know when they've been cracked, at least not for
some while...


Eddy
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