[clug] Detecting malicious former employees

Michael Still mikal at stillhq.com
Tue Sep 12 02:48:23 GMT 2006


Michael James wrote:

> Scripts are an excellent idea for disabling a normal account,
>  but it's a different ball game when the user had root.
> If there is even the possibility of premeditated maliciousness
>  then the machine has the same status as a hacked one,
>  "scheduled for re-build".

Wow. I agree in principle, but that's a mammoth task in a lot of 
environments...

Mikal



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