[clue-tech] Swapped memory with 1GB of RAM?

[Alex Young]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:09:58 -0700, Dan Harris <dan at drivefaster.net> wrote:

> While I don't know the exact cause of your problem, here's what I would
> do in your situation to cover the likely suspects:
> 
> Compile a vanilla kernel from the latest 2.4.x series.  One potential
> subject as others have noted, is a kernel bug or bug in redhat-patch
> that causes trouble in higher memory.  Although, I'd only expect that
> at the 2GB mark, since I believe that's the BIGMEM threshold.

I'm working on that right now.    Thanks.    I'll post tonight and let
folks know how this goes.

> 
> I'm surprised nobody else mentioned it yet, but there were some rather
> high-profile exploits in the early 2.4.2x series that *could* have
> allowed someone to compromise your system and installed a rootkit that
> is eating up RAM without your knowledge.  You would be wise to keep
> that kernel current anyway.
> 
> Have you run chkrootkit on it?

Until now, I had never heard of chkrootkit.    I installed and ran it,
no problems found, but I learned about a new tool.    Thank you.

-Alex