Lesson 10

Date: 4/2/2014
Basics of Linux Security
Linux for Engineering and IT Applications


System Integrity Checkers

  • IDS: Host based (tripwire) and Network based (Snort).
  • Tripwire (System integrity scanner). Creates a chacksum of the system after fresh installation and verifies the it on a regular basis, running through cron.


    GNUtar, tar -d (Check for system modifications)

    For example,
    tar -df DOC.tar DOC
    
    shows how files in directory DOC are different from the archive:
    Uid differs
    Gid differs
    Mod time differs
    Size differs




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