ssh checksum error

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

"Patrick R. McManus" wrote:

> [Derek D. Martin: Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:55:25PM -0400]
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Off list, someone asked me:
> > > Two questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Are there security tools that will tell if my machine has been
> > > owned?
> >
> > Yes, but they generally require that you use them BEFORE there's any
> > possibility of your system being compromised (i.e. before it's been
>
> I've found chkrootkit (http://www.chkrootkit.org/) helpful after the
> fact. Negative reports (not cracked) are, of course, not to be
> trusted in any install-after-the-fact pacakges, but I like how it will
> give a quick positive to confirm any suspicions for most common cases.
>
> -P
>
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I just ran it: it looks OK, accept for a warning about a "suspicious" file
in the perl5 directory chain: ".packlist"

I've copied the file to my html directory: please examine it and tell me
what looks suspicious. TIA.

http://billhorne.homelinux.org/packlist

Bill



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