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Date:      Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:23:27 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        alex wetmore <alex@phred.org>
Cc:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Security Check Diffs Question
Message-ID:  <20010724192327.G20105@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010724110942.L32042-100000@phred.org>
References:  <20010724190607.F20105@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com> <20010724110942.L32042-100000@phred.org>

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alex wetmore wrote:

>> hmm, so if an intruder replaced a file without changing it's link count,
>> size, or modification time, I wouldn't be alerted?  Perhaps we should
>> change the security script to print the files ctime instead of mtime,
>> since the ctime can't be forged?
>=20
> Or keep md5 signatures around...

well, yes, but that requires more than a single character change to
/etc/security. :-)

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Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org                 FreeBSD: The Power To Serve
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