[CentOS] OT: Strange message in root e-mail possiablly hacked!!! Not sure??
Lee Perez
leecajun at windstream.net
Mon Aug 17 11:49:41 UTC 2009
Lanny Marcus wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Lee Perez<leecajun at windstream.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> There is nothing on this server that I can not replace. Did I just get
>> hacked? Should I wipe this thing and start over? Any and all advice is
>> greatly appreciated!!!
>>
>
> If you eventually decide to wipe it and start over, you might consider
> running IPCop Linux, a special distribution for Firewall/Router
> purposes. I use it at home and some on the list use it at work.
> The fewer services you run, the safer it will be. Samba as someone
> said, probably should not be run on a firewall. http://www.ipcop.org/
> The version currently available has been around for awhile, but they
> have a new version in testing. I have IPCop running on an old box with
> a Pentium 233 MHz MMX chip and 64 MB of RAM and it's headless. HTH
>
>
Thanks Lanny and everyone else. Sorry for the late reply back. Don't
want anyone to think that I do not appreciate the help. I work nights
and just got in.
I didn't know that IPCOP could run on one that old. I have one like
that up in the attic, time to bring it back down. Before I upgraded to
5.3, I was running 4.7 with FireStarter and did not have any troubles.
As soon as I get some sleep I will be looking in to setting it up.
Thanks again everyone for the advice.
Lee Perez
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