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On 08/01/13 04:11, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Hi list! |
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> I have a use case where I am seriously concerned about bit rot [1] and I |
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> thought it might be a good idea to start looking for it in my own |
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> private stuff, too. |
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> Solving the problem is easy enough: |
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> - Record checksums and timestamps for each file |
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> - Check and update records via cronjob |
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> - If checksum changed but timestamp didn't, notify user |
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> - Let user restore from backup |
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> However, I haven't found any application in portage for this task. Now, |
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> the implementation is easy enough but I'm wondering why it hasn't been |
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> done. Or do I just look for the wrong thing? The only suitable thing |
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> seems to be app-admin/tripwire but that application also looks like |
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> overkill. |
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> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rot |
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> Regards, |
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> Florian Philipp |
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equery check pkg for the OS and tripwire for private data. |
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BillK |