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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:24:11 -0500
From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: Jordi Espasa Clofent <jordi.espasa@opengea.org>
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Subject: Re: Anti-Rootkit app
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:38:37PM +0100, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to install an anti-rootkid in a lot of servers. I know that 
> there're several options: tripwire, aide, chkrootkit...
> 
> ?What do you prefer?
> 
> Obviously, I have to define my needs:
> 
> - easy setup and configuration
> - actively developed

These needs are nice, but what effects do you want to achieve?

If you want to verify that nobody's loaded a rootkit, you can use
chkrootkit.  Note that detecting a running rootkit is actively hard,
and is prone to failure.

If you want to verify that nobody has changed files on your system,
you can use a tripwire-like system.  Mtree(1) actually includes
tripwire-like functionality, which I've used quite successfully in the
past.

I think that the latter is more realistic, but that's just my humble
opinion.

==ml

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