Scanning for rootkits with rkhunter
Continuing with the defence in depth articles, this article concentrates on installing and configuring rkhunter.
Rkhunter works along the same lines as the article describing chkrootkit in that it scans an already established system for rootkits but rkhunter also scans for other types of exploits.
Scanning for rootkits with chkrootkit
Defence in depth is one of the basic tenets of server administration. Up to date and secure installations, firewalls, limiting ssh access and strong passwords are the front line.
But what about 'inside' the server? One method of monitoring the content of a server is to scan for rootkits on a regular basis.
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