Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:56:25 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: hawkeyd@visi.com Cc: security at FreeBSD <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: mtree vs tripwire Message-ID: <200401142156.i0ELuPTE018028@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040114134215.GA21307@sheol.localdomain> References: <20040114134215.GA21307@sheol.localdomain>
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<<On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:42:15 -0600, D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> said: > What sort of pitfalls should I be aware of? mtree files don't scale very well, and to make proper use of them for this purpose requires a great deal more thought. Tripwire is a bit more "pre-thunk", and uses a database instead of a flat file, which speeds updates. (With mtree you'd have to rescan the entire filesystem.) -GAWollman
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