Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Oliver Schad <o.schad@×××.de>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Running untrusted software
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:49:37
Message-Id: 200601181636.26819.o.schad@web.de
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-security] Running untrusted software by "Johnson
1 Am Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2006 16:24 schrieb mir Johnson, Maurice E CTR
2 NSWCDL-K74:
3 > A good host based IDS (file integrity monitoring system) would
4 > record any system level changes made.
5
6 No such IDS records any changes in *file systems* if the running
7 software has no access to root privileges. That is a important
8 difference.
9
10 > IT should be fairly trivial to
11 > start of with a sterile environment prior to running your CSA and
12 > inspecting the environment afterwards.
13 >
14 > Try Tripwire or AID.
15
16 This is not a good idea because this IDS cannot monitor all system
17 activities. The only reliable way to monitor all activities is to run
18 this software in a sandbox.
19
20 Best Regards
21 Oli
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