MDLog:/sysadmin: How to Restore a Hacked Linux Server | Linux Today

MDLog:/sysadmin: How to Restore a Hacked Linux Server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 18, 2006

“Every sysadmin will try its best to secure the system/s he is
managing. Hopefully you never had to restore your own system from a
compromise and you will not have to do this in the future. Working
on several projects to restore a compromised Linux system for
various clients, I have developed a set of rules that others might
find useful in similar situations. The type of hacks encountered
can be very variate and you might see very different ones than the
one I will present, or I have seen live, but even so, this rules
might be used as a starting point to develop your own recovery
plan…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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