[luau] hacking

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Fri Oct 17 15:38:01 PDT 2003


On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:55:20 -1000
"Randall Oshita" <roshita at hpu.edu> wrote:

> If I knew the root passwd and have access to a user account on a box,
> can I sucessfully clean my trail (sulog, messages, etc) with all
> entrances and activities I do to the box? If the audit was done only on
> the box level 

Yes. A _skilled_ hacker could cover their tracks. A root kit simplifies the task.

> Is there something that may log this that cannot be cleaned?

It requires a second box. For example:
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-64.html


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