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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 1997 15:09:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Attempt to compromise root
Message-ID:  <199706201909.PAA02705@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <33AAB0CA.2781E494@fsl.noaa.gov>
References:  <33AAB0CA.2781E494@fsl.noaa.gov>

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<<On Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:33:14 -0600, Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> said:

> (2) Can we get an option during the FreeBSD install to generate the
> md5/mtree digest?  Naturally, I read up on this feature after the
> attack, but after an attack it's too late.

There already is such a thing.  Every recent release includes mtree
files with md5 digests of everything included in the distribution.
See the FTP site or CD-ROM.

-GAWollman

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