[7973] in bugtraq
Re: FreeBSD VM gremlin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles M. Hannum)
Fri Sep 18 22:26:23 1998
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:49:18 -0400
Reply-To: "Charles M. Hannum" <root@IHACK.NET>
From: "Charles M. Hannum" <root@IHACK.NET>
X-To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
> You should have md5 checksums of files that you are concerned about,
> as timestamps are useless in the face of a good attacker.
Rubbish! A checksum doesn't tell me that someone hadn't temporarily
replaced the file and has now put the original back.