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<blockquote data-quote="russthered" data-source="post: 1167139" data-attributes="member: 179555"><p>I've had my Mac 21.5" for a month now.</p><p></p><p>Decided to run rootkit hunter as I had it on my Linux box, it's the only security program i run</p><p></p><p>Got the following warnings, can anyone tell me whether or not I should worry about them?</p><p></p><p>The Apache ones are strange, I do have Xampp but the server wasn't running when I did the scan.</p><p></p><p>Checking if syslog remote logging is allowed [ Warning ]</p><p>Syslog configuration file allows remote logging: install.* @127.0.0.1:32376</p><p></p><p> Performing filesystem checks</p><p> Checking /dev for suspicious file types [ Warning ]</p><p>Suspicious file types found in /dev:</p><p>/dev/fd/7: data</p><p> Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ]</p><p>Hidden file found: /usr/share/man/man5/.rhosts.5.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix</p><p></p><p>Checking application versions...</p><p></p><p> Checking version of Apache [ Warning ]</p><p>Application 'httpd', version '2.2.15', is out of date, and possibly a security risk.</p><p> Checking version of Bind DNS [ OK ]</p><p> Checking version of OpenSSL [ Warning ]</p><p>Application 'openssl', version '0.9.8l', is out of date, and possibly a security risk.</p><p> Checking version of PHP [ OK ]</p><p> Checking version of Procmail MTA [ OK ]</p><p> Checking version of OpenSSH [ Warning ]</p><p>Application 'sshd', version '5.2p1', is out of date, and possibly a security risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russthered, post: 1167139, member: 179555"] I've had my Mac 21.5" for a month now. Decided to run rootkit hunter as I had it on my Linux box, it's the only security program i run Got the following warnings, can anyone tell me whether or not I should worry about them? The Apache ones are strange, I do have Xampp but the server wasn't running when I did the scan. Checking if syslog remote logging is allowed [ Warning ] Syslog configuration file allows remote logging: install.* @127.0.0.1:32376 Performing filesystem checks Checking /dev for suspicious file types [ Warning ] Suspicious file types found in /dev: /dev/fd/7: data Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ] Hidden file found: /usr/share/man/man5/.rhosts.5.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix Checking application versions... Checking version of Apache [ Warning ] Application 'httpd', version '2.2.15', is out of date, and possibly a security risk. Checking version of Bind DNS [ OK ] Checking version of OpenSSL [ Warning ] Application 'openssl', version '0.9.8l', is out of date, and possibly a security risk. Checking version of PHP [ OK ] Checking version of Procmail MTA [ OK ] Checking version of OpenSSH [ Warning ] Application 'sshd', version '5.2p1', is out of date, and possibly a security risk. [/QUOTE]
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