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What is a busy box?



I'm just guessing, but I think it's probably an installation of http://www.busybox.net/, which includes a standalone sshd. This would make it very easy to allow remote access once you're in a system.


http://busybox.net/

Used in some consumer embedded gear running linux.

or maybe not?


It's used in OpenWrt and probably most (if not all) of the FOSS router firmwares out there.



A compromised box someone proxies attacks from.

more mentions here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/24/lulzsec-irc...




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