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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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