On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Kheli wrote:
Dear List,
Hi,
Recently i can't telnet to my linux box. A warning appears. It said that it cannot find /bin/login file. I cannot login through console either. I just can ssh to my box.
by using telnet you are committing suicide, you probably have been cracked
My Linux box is running Red Hat 7.2 Kernel 2.4.19. I use the box as squid proxy server and Apache web server.
funny, this is a suse security list :-) anyway, your rh version is _very_ old, there must be a lot of exploits available, i recommend to update your server to something more recently, like suse 9.0
What should i do ?
backup only your data, and then reinstall everything from scratch. but this time use something new, like suse 9.0 and apply all the available patches. And for christ sake, _NEVER_ use telnet again bye