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off220

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 92

security check

hello, long time ago I used a tool to check my system for vulnerability. It checks the filesystem and ports and makes report. Now I cannot remember the name of it. I googled much with no luck. Does anybody use such software and if yes, can you recommend one. I guess the spring causes the increase of paranoya in my case ...

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: security check

nmap

netstat

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off220

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 92

Re: security check

no. not them. they do not check filesystem and make no reports, just output. Just thought it was "tiger" but checked it and it apperared that it was not tiger

Thor@Flanders

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Registered: 2010-08-27

Posts: 266

Re: security check

Hey,

Cool reflex, to want to keep the system clean, and...paranoia is a good thing.

As a virus scanner, I went with fprot
http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_use … linux.html
Though, you may want to read this article too:
http://www.brunolinux.com/07-Security/A … ed_it.html
(just for fun)
Install chkrootkit, it's in the repo, run it every once in a while...
What does it do? Scan for rootkits, here's more info on rootkits:
http://www.usenix.org/publications/logi … tkits.html
Install paccheck, to check validity of the mirror, just in case someone tampered with them in a nasty way - unlikely but hey...
Every so once in a while, run netstat, just to see what's what, and who/what is on your connection...
And, as a last one, there is zenmap. Enter 127.0.0.1 (the loopback) to do a scan, and read the report. Install nmap, the gui _should_ be in the menu after that...but, nmap can live without it too...
And, above all, get to know and trust Linux. I came from the windows swamp, and I know what an attack looks like, paranoia is not a symptom with that thing, but an item in the survival kit...

Wellness

Thor
Oh and, fsck does a file system check, but you only need that in case there's a fire...

Last edited by Thor@Flanders (2011-04-01 21:54:40)