[Techtalk] mysterious system halts - how to prevent/fix/detect?
Malcolm-Rannirl
rannirl-lc at otherkin.net
Wed Jun 5 11:10:17 EST 2002
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 10:29 am, Mandi wrote:
> You may also want to poke around looking for a cracker, nmap scan the box,
> see if anything weird is open and listening.
I was about to suggest that. We had a cracker get one of the servers I worked
on (learned a lot about security from that incident), and installed a kernel
module as part of the rootkit. Having someone deliberately crash the machine
to force a reboot (and thus a kernel reload) seems plausible.
It does sound more like the power supply problem that someone else suggested.
(I've had a few PSs die on me with similar results).
--
"Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd
be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper
armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards'."
-- Rincewind about Twoflower, The Colour of Magic
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