On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 2:57 PM Trevor Vaughan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Personally, I think that anything marked as %config should not be checked
> because they are allowed to vary anyway.
>

I'm leaning towards ignoring config files in OVAL check, and making it
explicit in rule description.
And add a note with command that would output list of config files that do
not match their rpm hash,
in case you would like to review altered config files manually.


> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 8:52 AM Watson Sato <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Regarding rule "Verify file hashes with RPM", which files resides here:
>>
>> https://github.com/ComplianceAsCode/content/tree/master/linux_os/guide/system/software/integrity/software-integrity/rpm_verification/rpm_verify_hashes
>>
>> From description in rule.yml I understand that altered files should be
>> reported and, altered configuration files should be reported analyzed
>> individually.
>> 1. Is this the intended action? To evaluate altered configuration files?
>>
>> Looking at the OVAL check, it mostly cares about altered files under
>> /bin, /sbin ,/lib ,/lib64 or /usr (mainly executables and libraries
>> according to comment).
>> 2. Is this restriction only to optimize for search of libraries and
>> binaries?
>> I see a slight misalignment between check and description. This way we
>> won't be catching much changes in config files.
>>
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