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> > The contents of my /home/grant/vmware folder have suddenly |
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> > disappeared. I haven't noticed anything else strange yet. I did |
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> > configure and start shorewall for the first time yesterday instead of |
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> > using a few iptables commands from the Gentoo Home Router Guide. I'm |
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> > also running PenguinTV (a video RSS aggregator with an ebuild in |
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> > bugs.gentoo.org) and transmission (a bittorrent client in portage) |
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> So someone breaks into your box and the only thing they can think of to |
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> do is remove your ~/vmware directory? |
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It occurred to me this morning that a hacker could have gained access |
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to my system via the vmware guest OS (XP) and then deleted the |
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contents of vmware/ to cover his tracks. Does that sound like a |
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possibility? |
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- Grant |
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