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Re: should i publish a list of cracked machines?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (M. David Leonard)
Thu Aug 23 12:23:47 2001

Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: "M. David Leonard" <mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com>
To: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Jim-

	How about instead posting information to help other admins 
identify the trojan daemon so we can check our own machines?


					David Leonard
					ShaysNet



On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Jim Mercer wrote:

> 
> 
> i found one of my boxes was cracked (probably due to the BSD telnetd overflow).
> 
> in any case, i found a file in the cracker's directory containing what i think
> is a list of other servers which might be hacked.
> i think the list also includes the passwords for using the trojan.
> 
> on my server, i found a trojan daemon, allowing ssh on an 14000 series port.
> 
> i was gonna just post the list of hosts here, but then, maybe not.
> 
> what is the appropriate feeling?
> 
> -- 
> [ Jim Mercer        jim@reptiles.org         +1 416 410-5633 ]
> [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]
> 

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