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Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results
From: Harlan Carvey <keydet89 () yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:01:44 -0800 (PST)
Ido,
While catching this person is obviously of
importance,
the more critical step to take is to secure the
system
for forensic analysis.
I would agree that the system needs to be secured, but what good does shutting down the system do if you loose all of the volatile data, such as running processes, network connections, etc? How do you trace the issue back to whomever is responsible if you don't even know what IP address they're coming from, b/c you've lost the volatile data?
I would recommend that the your client unplug the power from the system (hopefully
the
intruder has not setup a logic bomb that triggers if
the
network interface goes down).
I'm not sure I completely understand your reasoning here. If you unplug the power from the system, and the NIC goes down (due to lack of power), wouldn't the system itself shut off? Wouldn't the hard drive stop spinning and the CPU no longer process instructions? If that's the case...how's a logic bomb going to execute? Thanks, Harlan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com top spam and e-mail risk at the gateway. SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam & viruses and gives you the reports to prove it. See exactly how much junk never even makes it in the door. Free 30-day trial: http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfptl1
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- Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Ido Dubrawsky (Mar 26)
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- re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Harlan Carvey (Mar 27)
- Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Desmond Irvine (Mar 27)
- re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results R. DuFresne (Mar 27)
- re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Desmond Irvine (Mar 27)
- Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Ido Dubrawsky (Mar 26)
- Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Harlan Carvey (Mar 26)
- Re: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Ido Dubrawsky (Mar 27)
- RE: Odd situation, advice needed on penentration test results Vitaly Osipov (Mar 27)