How to tell if I've been hacked?

[Hal Burgiss]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:33:02AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > 
> > "Vulnerable Linux Kernel", now there's an oxymoron. 
> 
> Not really.  But it certainly isn't enough information to go on.  Which 
> Linux kernel is vulnerable?  To what?  Linux kernels certainly have been 
> known to have security vulnerabilities, but in general they get fixed far 
> faster than vulnerabilities in certain other systems.

This, and most, kernel vulnerabilities can only be exploited by local, logged
in users. If all your users are trusted, and you don't run any public
services, you probably have a better chance of being hit by a meteorite than
being "hacked" by this, or almost any other kernel vulnerability that I can
recall. Non-issue for probably 99% of Ubuntu users. 

-- 
Hal