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From: Tom Hosiawa <tomek32@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] tripwire policy generator
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:50:11
Message-Id: 1080236970.10506.11.camel@newton.tomek.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] tripwire policy generator by Michel Wilson
1 > md5sums and mtimes in the portage database can be changed by an
2 > attacker. Tripwire's signature is encrypted with a password (actually
3 > with a public/private key encryption method, afaik), so the attacker can
4 > not change it.
5
6 Yes, but does it also create it own md5sum or does it use something else
7 for the file signature?
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9 Tom
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Re: [gentoo-security] tripwire policy generator Michel Wilson <michel@×××××××.net>