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[linux-security] Re: Named update for RH 4.2 exploitable?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Carpenter)
Sun Jun 7 14:44:41 1998

Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 14:17:08 -0400
To: linux-security@redhat.com
From: Mike Carpenter <mikec@hostingservices.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980606171523.7680C-100000@ohmu.nausicaa.net>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com

At 05:24 PM 6/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>   From what I've heard from other sysadmins, hackers are often very
>   blind to tripwire programs.  I'm also doubly careful, and store
>   my checksum data and whatnot on remote systems.  I HIGHLY recommend
>   people use tripwire systems like 'tripwire'...

Next logical question:  Has anyone worked out rpms for tripwire, COPS, etc?
and why aren't these necessary security applications a standard part of ALL
distributions?

Later...
Mike

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