Re: my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

kroger@princeton.edu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
> I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
> and antiadware for my windowsPCs.
>
> Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
> threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
> security on linux boxes?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
> Jim

www.linuxsecurity.com <-community blog concerned with Linux security

comp.os.linux.security <-on usenet

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my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

Hi,

Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
and antiadware for my windowsPCs.

Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
security on linux boxes?

Thanks a lot for any help.
Jim

Re: my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:38:26 -0700, kroger@princeton.edu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
> I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
> and antiadware for my windowsPCs.
>
> Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
> threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
> security on linux boxes?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
> Jim



What did top tell you was using the cpu ?

Re: my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

Jim writes:

>kroger@princeton.edu wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
>> I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
>> and antiadware for my windowsPCs.

top
will tell you what programs are running most.
The other possibility is a lot of disk activity.

>>
>> Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
>> threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
>> security on linux boxes?

DOn;t go overboard. Find out what is causing it first.

>www.linuxsecurity.com <-community blog concerned with Linux security

>comp.os.linux.security <-on usenet

Re: my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

"kroger@princeton.edu" wrote in
news:1154756305.962473.209160@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> Hi,
>
> Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
> I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
> and antiadware for my windowsPCs.
>
> Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
> threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
> security on linux boxes?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
> Jim
>

What ports/connections do you allow?

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Re: my linux box is bogged down, could it be a breach?

What port/connections do you notice to be active when your system is
bogged down?

regards
cyph3r
http://www.securitydiscussions.com


kroger@princeton.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Suddenly my liniux box has slowed to a crawl. It's on the internet and
> I've never worried about linux machines but used antivirus, firewall,
> and antiadware for my windowsPCs.
>
> Where can I find some help in determining is this is from some outside
> threat or invasion on my computer? Is the a newgroup dedicated to
> security on linux boxes?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help.
> Jim