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On Monday 09 February 2004 19:44, James Dennis wrote: |
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> Anyway, my point is, it would be nice if Gentoo came with something |
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> similar to what OpenBSD has. It's like tripwire, but stripped down and |
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> built into cron right from the get go to check your system for file |
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> changes. As Gentoo is going down the path of making things more secure |
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> out of the box (with the removal of setuid on things as an example) I |
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> think we could benefit from something like this. I know cron isn't a |
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> required install, but would it be possible to have something be ready |
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> to go once a cron daemon was installed? |
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You can use 'aide' to watch for file changes. |
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A more basic question IMHO is: Is gentoo the right distribution if you need |
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a secure system? Normally on a system which needs to be secure you don't |
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have any compiler, do not update the software as often as gentoo 'require' |
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this etc. - I like gentoo very much for development/desktop systems, but to |
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build a server which needs to be stable and does not need to be often |
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maintained I prefer debian stable or similar. |
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"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary |
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safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
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