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CLI Magic: Patching the differences |
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Tuesday, February 21 2006 @ 06:59 AM CST Contributed by: Linegod
From Linux.com:
Working with free and open source software, one frequently hears terms such as bugs, updates, and patches. When developers come across shortcomings in their software, instead of repackaging the software with the changes, they can provide a patchfile that contains details of all required changes. Two important tools used in the process are diff, which creates a patchfile, and patch, which applies it. You can use both tools with text or HTML files.
Read the full thing at http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/16/1938203
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File Integrity Assessment via SSH |
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Monday, January 30 2006 @ 07:33 AM CST Contributed by: Linegod
From SysAdminMag.com:
File integrity assessment (FIA) tools like Tripwire [1], Samhain [2], AIDE [3], et al. are commonly deployed in organizations to help assist forensic investigation after a security incident and as a host-based intrusion detection tool to help detect unauthorized file system changes (this also makes them useful monitoring tools for existing change control procedures, though that is not the focus of this article). The concept is simple: the administrator creates a configuration file that lists the critical system files and directories that the FIA tool should monitor, then uses the FIA tool to create a database that tracks common parameters about those files, such as permissions and ownerships, file size, and MAC times, along with one or more cryptographic checksums over the file contents (typically via common hashing algorithms like MD5, SHA-1, etc.). The FIA tool is then re-run periodically, and the current state of the file system is compared to the values stored for the various files in the database -- if there are any discrepancies, the files are flagged as having been modified and a report is generated.
Read the full thing at http://www.samag.com/documents/s=9950/sam0602a/0602a.htm
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