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A good host based IDS (file integrity monitoring system) would record any system level changes made. IT should be fairly trivial to start of with a sterile environment prior to running your CSA and inspecting the environment afterwards. |
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Try Tripwire or AID. |
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From: Douglas Breault Jr. on behalf of Douglas Breault Jr |
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Sent: Wed 1/18/2006 8:58 AM |
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To: gentoo-security@l.g.o |
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Cc: |
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Subject: [gentoo-security] Running untrusted software |
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Hello, |
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I am being forced to run software on my computer that I do not |
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inherently trust. It is supposed to collect a few pieces of information, |
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mainly my mac addresses and use the network. It is a one-time use CSA |
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(client security agent). It uses a csh script to unpack a "proprietary |
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binary" that we cannot see the source. There is no assurance it doesn't |
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collect other information or change anything on my computer. |
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I was curious as to what is the best way to handle this and situations |
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like these. In this instance, I was assuming downloading, and running on |
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a LiveCD would seem like the best policy. What if it uses methods to |
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discover that and I need to run it on my real installation? Is a chroot |
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jail the next best thing? As far as I know, to make a chroot jail I |
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merely copy programs and libraries inside a folder with the proper / |
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hierarchy and chroot into it. Is it more complex than this and are there |
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any guides? |
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Any and all suggestions are welcome. |
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Thank you, |
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Douglas Breault Jr. |
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How do I know the past isn't fiction designed to account for the discrepancy |
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between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind? |
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