Re: Signs of an Intruder

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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Tor Houghton wrote:

> 
> I also believe there is some help in using "security through obscurity",
> whereby you place wrapper logs etc. in a logfile where a whole lot of
> irrelevant logging goes too (for example, the ftp xferlog, or somesuch).
> 
And another thing which we all know but bears repeating since one of
my systems was trashed last night beyond all recognition and I didn't
heed this advice:

        send logging information to a separate (secure) machine

I know who it was, but I have no way to prove it without logfiles.
--

jdc

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