Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 14:00:03 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com> Cc: Robert Watson <robert@fledge.watson.org>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ****HELP***** Message-ID: <4271.817941603@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Dec 1995 10:30:32 GMT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202102847.1571B-100000@uucp1.calweb.com>
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> I plan on rebuilding a new system from scratch, then I'll wipe all the > bin directories clena on the compromised systems and use the rebuilt > system to update all the bins. Which should I do? > Erm. In this instance, you might be better off simply backing up the files you want to *keep* and then reinstalling the entire system from the 2.1 distribution. 2.1's installer isn't bad, and it's possible to get back a lot of the configuration data just through answering questions in the novice install. Jordan > /bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/bin Where else? I know there are alot I'm > missing... > > > On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Robert Watson wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 13:14:42 -0500 (EST) > > From: Robert Watson <robert@fledge.watson.org> > > To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> > > Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, > > Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: ****HELP***** > > > > > > Actually, what might be nice is to include the MD5's with the system, and > > have a script in daily.local that verifies that the key system binaries > > are correct. Obviously then the md5 file would be at risk, but.. This > > would also be nice, unrelated to the daily part, after an upgrade to > > check if there are any old binaries lying around. > > > > Actually, one thing I was going to ask about was -- is there a difference > > between the 2.1.0 binaries for standard executables (eg., pine) and the > > 2.0.5 ones? Is there anyway I can use strings (or something) to get a > > list of all the old binaries on my system and upgrade them if needed? > > > > On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > > Jordan; how hard would it be to generate a file with the md5's of a sto ck > > > > release system's "standard binaries" for this sort of thing? > > > > > > Probably not too hard. Let me think about it. You'd want a file > > > for each distrib, probably. > > > > > > Jordan > >
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