(ahem..), umm.. that was "accepted" not "excepted".  Sorry for the boo
boo.  =)

Carric Dooley
COM2:Interactive Media
http://www.com2usa.com

On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Carric Dooley wrote:

> 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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