From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IeWJV-0003RB-00 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:36:57 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l97DauJi009268 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:36:56 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l97DaueU009267 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:36:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:36:56 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Printer/scanner suggestions. Message-ID: <20071007133656.GB6341@rednote.net> References: <4705B94E.9060902@clearwire.net> <00f201c80710$41fa1a00$ab00a8c0@proficio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00f201c80710$41fa1a00$ab00a8c0@proficio> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4492/Sun Oct 7 11:44:21 2007 on opera.rednote.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:36:57 -0000 Looks more like inexperience than a crack to me. To put it differently, I don't see the evidence. Janina Doug Sutherland writes: > Michael, > > Try > chattr -i > on those files inaccessible by root. > > It should not be possible for files to be inaccessible by root. > It is possible that you now have a rootkit installed. > A hacker might for example replace your ls command > and your chmod command, or any other basic utilities > to make things appear as they are not. > > Don't leave ports open! > Don't run services that you don't need. > Create some detterents so they go somewhere else instead. > > -- Doug > > > > Unfortunately, it seems I've already been hacked. Looks like I'll have > > to do a full, scratch Slackware reinstall. Found some hidden files in > > my home directory that aren't even root accessible. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org