tripwire uses md5 checksums. this is an excepted standard for verifying
the validity of a file.
Carric Dooley
COM2:Interactive Media
http://www.com2usa.com
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Russell Enderby wrote:
> In pursuit of determining critical system files for modifications I was
> thinking the checksum prog 'sum' would be sufficient. Understanding
> that time,date, and file size can be modified under the ext2fs/ufs
> directory table. Is it possible to also make the 'sum' checksum appear
> to be correct?
>
> I was under the impression tripwire uses its own special checksum prog
> to verify files, although would 'sum' be sufficient as well? If not
> does anyone know of better more thorough checksum app?
>
> Thanks much,
> Russell
>
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