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Old 04-19-2006
LINUX Server Back Door
I am looking for any utility that i can install to a linux server in order to scan said server and find out if there are any backdoor entries to the server. meaning, look for any user ID's and Passwords set up on the unit. and if there are any specific ports being used to access the server other than the usual ones, such as SSH, etc...

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Old 04-19-2006
try this or just google with check rookit keywords
Of course any unknown rootkit or 'backdoor' will not be spotted ... at least for a while Smilie
Try to use system integrity tool like tripwire and the like if u haven't done so ... just to rise the bar a bit Smilie
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Old 04-19-2006
Andryk

Thank you for the info, I will check it out and let you know if that works...

is there anyway of checking all the users configured on the system? meaning aside from SuperUser, or root, etc... I am very new to UNIX...
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Old 04-19-2006
chkrootkit sounds like what your looking for www.chkrootkit.org/
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Old 04-19-2006
You're on Linux - look into snort as well. If there's an active problem it will find it.
 
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