From: Curt Purdy (bess@inu.net)
Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 18:14:16 EDT
cdewitt@indepthsec.com
> What are the best practices for penetration testing the
> viability of placing root kits on a client's external servers
> - vpn, web, app...?
>
> And, while I'm asking - what are the best practices or
> countermeasures for root kit placement?
>
> What root kits are still viable/current?
You can use metasploit to test if a machine has a vulnerability that allows
uploading and executing a prog. If so you can upload and install a rootkit
like fu (rootkit.com).
Curt Purdy CISSP, GSNA, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Officer
Information Systems Security
purdy@infosysec.net
443.846.4231
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