what to use instead of tripwire?

Justin Georgeson jgeorgeson at lopht.net
Mon Oct 13 15:14:14 UTC 2003


Göran Uddeborg wrote:
> 
> That's what I thought.  What I don't understand is what could break if
> it was a CD-RW.  I trust the kernel, rpm/tripwire program,
> rpm/tripwire database, etc. which I have on the CD.  And I obviously
> must not run anything from the rest of the system during this
> operation.  So how could this be fooled if the media is read-write?

anyone with physical access to said media could rewrite it. If you're 
comfortable using a floppy disk then the only difference with using a 
CD-RW is you have more space.





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