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| Subject: | Re: Ever seen a dead-man switch? |
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| Date: | Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:28:39 -0600 |
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:39:32 -0400, Lachniet, Mark <mlachniet@sequoianet.com> wrote:
Out of curiosity, has anyone *ever* seen one (a dead man switch) in the field? I know its something that can be done, and a risk, but I can't say I've ever heard a report of finding one. Just curious. Seems like every time your DSL or cable modem flaked out, your hard drive would get formatted :) Considering my local service, that would mean a lot of OS re-installs.
The closest I have seen one is when a user logged in as root on the console the rootkit began trying to remove itself. The files were found using some forensics tools and the investigator was able to piece together what happened. -- Stephen J Smoogen. CSIRT/Linux System Administrator ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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