James Lee

Appendix A: Discovering and Recovering from an Attack Sooner or later, one of your machines will be cracked. It's happened to all of us. Perhaps you were on vacation for a week when a new vulnerability was discovered, and you didn't have time to update your system before the crackers did it for you. Or perhaps you turned on some buggy software for "just one minute" to get something done and forgot to turn it off. Maybe you gave a friend an account on your machine, and his machine was cracked, which gave the cracker a step into your machine by watching your friend's movements. So it's time to face facts: One day a crack will happen to you. In this section, we will teach you what to do about it. You should read this chapter carefully. Good luck! How to know when you've been cracked One of the most important ways to keep your machine secure is to have alert systems i... (more)