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Article #269Re: Beta testers needed for security tool
From: Ross Ridge
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 10:26
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 10:26
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ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes: ><unlock SysAdm Cabinet> ><remove "special" floppy> ><insert "special" floppy> >mount -r /dev/fd0c /floppy >/floppy/tripwire > >This is one possible way to do it on floppy-equipped systems (say, an >SS2 or IPX or whatever). Maybe this should go in the docs? While this would be what I'd do, even this isn't 100% guaranteed if someone has broken security on the machine. It's possible, for instance, that the mount command, shell or even kernel has been hacked to prevent tripwire from doing it's job properly. Ross Ridge -- Ross Ridge - The Great HTMU l/ // [OO][oo] ross@zooid.guild.org /()\/()/ uunet.ca!zooid!ross db //
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,alt.security,alt.sources.d,comp.sources.testers,comp.unix.admin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!zooid!ross From: Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> Subject: Re: Beta testers needed for security tool Organization: ZOOiD BBS Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 10:26:53 GMT Message-ID: <1992Sep7.102653.18888@zooid.guild.org> References: <18e5kgINNkpf@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <Bu6r2q.AG5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <CKD.92Sep6222202@loiosh.eff.org> Lines: 22