Re: IP Flooding

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:28:58 GMT, David Postill
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>In article <>, on Tue, 19 Aug 2003
>10:00:19 -0400, 5150 <> wrote:
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>| On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:54:12 -0400, 5150 <> wrote:
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>| Do a search on your HDD's for the file cygwin*.dll. If this file
>| exists you have probably been hacked.
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>Rubbish.
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>Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts:
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> A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux emulation layer providing
> substantial Linux API functionality.
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> A collection of tools, which provide Linux look and feel.
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>I (and countless others) have installed cygwin and are very happy with it.
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>I haven't been hacked.
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><davidp />

cygwin1.dll is commonly used within windows root kits, so it would be
better to search for it to be sure that's all.

5150