On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 10:22 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:

> Again - is there anything special about port 2006 that makes rkhunter
> single it out?
>
Yes, it is known to be used by the CB and w00tkit rootkits. That's why
RKH is warning you about it. You can either whitelist the port itself
(PORT_WHITELIST=TCP:2006), or whitelist a particular application to use
known bad ports (PORT_WHITELIST=couriertls).



John.

-- 
John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK
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