Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4020 mails)

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
> Thank you.
> My fast  Internet provider is Comcast ( http://www.comcast.net/chsi.html ).
> My internet connection is through the TV cable.
> Most of the times I run as user "mauede" ...very raraely I need to turn 
> to "root" .. I do that if I need to install/uninstall something.
> My browser is Netscape 7.2 which occasionally marks as SPAM messages 
> that I get ... but I haven't found out yet which criteria it uses to do 
> so. In fact it calls spam what actually is importatnt to me.
> My Internet provider does have anti-virus and anyi-spam products that 
> can be downloaded for free but they are specific for Windows.
>
> Sorry for my ignorance ... what is a  "a rootkit hunter" ????? 
> Regards,
> Maura

I think there is a RPM available on SuSE, but I built mine from sources 
and it runs daily, sending mail to me as user so I can see if there is a 
problem.
barrabas:/usr/src/linux-2.6.9-rc3-mm1 # rpm -qi rkhunter
Name        : rkhunter                     Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 1.1.4                             Vendor: (none)
Release     : 1.cjo                         Build Date: Sun 08 Aug 2004 
04:37:56 BST
Install date: Sun 08 Aug 2004 04:38:40 BST      Build Host: barrabas.local
Group       : Applications/System           Source RPM: 
rkhunter-1.1.4-1.cjo.src.rpm
Size        : 237091                           License: GPL
Signature   : (none)
Packager    : Craig Orsinger <cjorsinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
URL         : http://www.rootkit.nl/
Summary     : Rootkit scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits.
Description :
Rootkit scanner is scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9% you're
clean of nasty tools. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local
exploits by running tests like:
        - MD5 hash compare
        - Look for default files used by rootkits
        - Wrong file permissions for binaries
        - Look for suspected strings in LKM and KLD modules
        - Look for hidden files
        - Optional scan within plaintext and binary files

Regards
Sid.

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