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Article #325Re: Beta testers needed for security tool
From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:34
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:34
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In article <1992Sep8.144541.2091@ms.uky.edu> morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan) writes: >In article <sims.715743134@starbase> sims@drake.mitre.org (Jim Sims) writes: >>(buncha stuff about a utility to diff files as a security measure deleted) >> >> It seems to me rather useless and extremely CPU and I/O expensive to diff >>files as a security measure. > >Well, every little bit helps. If I can run this thing once or twice per >week without melting my CPU or I/O controller, it's worth it. I run something like this nightly. It checks UID, GID, mode bits, sizes, creation and update times, and the checksum. It has yet to find an intruder, but then the system hasn't been broken into in 3 or 4 years now. You'd be surprised how much idle CPU time you have at 2am ;-) -- John F. Haugh II | "The US Government has the Midas Muffler Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151 | touch: everything they touch turns to UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh | shit." Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org | -- Jay Maynard
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.lonestar.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc,alt.security,alt.sources.d,comp.sources.testers,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Beta testers needed for security tool Message-ID: <21484@rpp386.lonestar.org> Date: 10 Sep 92 12:34:41 GMT References: <sims.715743134@starbase> <1992Sep8.144541.2091@ms.uky.edu> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Organization: River Parishes Programming, Austin, Republic of Texas Lines: 20