Re: My pc hacked?

> From: "Keith Mastin" <[email protected]>
>
>> How it could have been done: If you ran either telnet or mail services
>> (or any of the "r" services) it's just a matter of running sniffer on
>> your external interface and catching the username/password pair in
>> plain text. A firewall won't help if you run any insecure services.
>> You won't ever know for sure how it was done; they cooked all the
>> logs.
>
> That's why you want to log on an independent device that cannot be
> erased. {^_-}

Are you by any chance referring to stealth logging? :) ... may be a little
bit advanced, and definately too late for our friend who got dusted
yesterday.

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Keith Mastin
BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
Toronto, Canada
(416)696 6070