Security Issue

[Preston Kutzner]

On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:06 PM, H.S. wrote:

> Preston Kutzner wrote:
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>> Outside of that, do you have your system set up to automatically
>> download / install Ubuntu updates?  I know this is a new option in
>> Intrepid.  It is possible that's when your system decided to run its
>
> 4 GB of updates? Is that realistic? Yes, it should at least be ruled  
> out
> first.

I concede that 4GB of updates is a little on the far-fetched side, but  
it is something to look at.  Just trying to rule out all possibilities  
with regards to something legitimate causing traffic.  Yes, 4GB sounds  
suspiciously like a DVD image.

As another suggestion, you could use 'find' to search for files added/ 
updated during your time period as well.  I would suggest looking for  
files added/updated during that *day* in case your box was compromised  
a little before the suspicious net traffic.  It might give you some  
clues as to what happened.

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> To the OP: BTW, 4 GB is fairly close to a typical DVD image. Does that
> ring any bell?
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