Rootkit Detection
From Wiki
Chkrootkit - Check for signs of a rootkit
apt-get install rootkit //configure yes for run daily //options are in /etc/chkrootkit.conf RUN_DAILY="true" RUN_DAILY_OPTS="-q" DIFF_MODE="false" //note - this line may/maynot be in Debian Sarge. //check in /etc/cron.daily/chkrootkit for the cron daily entry.
Links:
http://softice.lakeland.usf.edu/wiki/index.php/ELSA:lab-08
http://www.chkrootkit.org/README
http://www.chkrootkit.org/#tests
Further rootkit reasoning and detection is discussed here:
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/12/various-ways-of-detecting-rootkits-in.html
