[huskerlug] Re: CERT Advisory

Tripwire and tripwire-like products are nice for this stuff.

On Thursday 14 August 2003 02:20 pm, you wrote:
>       I don't see if there were any files, programs, or whatever was
> altered.  I suppose a hacker can do as much damage by not doing
> anything as doing something, just by driving people crazy trying to
> figure out if the hacker did any damage or not.   ---Jim
>
> On Thursday 14 August 2003 09:13, you wrote:
> > That was on Slashdot yesterday.  It's a horrible thing, but it
> > kinda' makes me fell better though.  If GNU got hacked, then I don't
> > feel as bad as I did about being hacked. Although theirs was
> > probably a real hacker and mine was only a script-kiddy....
> >
> > -Cesar
> >
> > Quoting Jaymz Ringler <jringler@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > CERT Advisory CA-2003-21 GNU Project FTP Server Compromise
> > >
> > >    Original issue date: August 13, 2003
> > >    Last revised: --
> > >    Source: CERT/CC
> > >
> > >    A complete revision history is at the end of this file.
> > >
> > > Overview
> > >
> > >    The  CERT/CC has received a report that the system housing the
> > > primary
> > >    FTP servers for the GNU software project was compromised.
> > >
> > > I. Description
> > >
> > >    The GNU Project, principally sponsored by the Free Software
> > > Foundation
> > >    (FSF),  produces  a  variety of freely available software. The
> > > CERT/CC
> > >    has  learned  that  the system housing the primary FTP servers
> > > for the
> > >    GNU  software  project,  gnuftp.gnu.org,  was  root
> > > compromised by
> > >
> > > an
> > >    intruder.  The more common host names of ftp.gnu.org and
> > > alpha.gnu.org
> > >    are  aliases  for  the  same  compromised  system.  The
> > > compromise
> > >
> > > is
> > >    reported to have occurred in March of 2003.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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