[vox-tech] Easy tripwire alternative

[Peter Jay Salzman]

begin Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystems.com> 
> On Saturday 14 December 2002 11:36 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > rod,
> >
> > i'm curious why you're rolling your own.  is there functionality in
> > integrit (free tripwire clone) that you'd like to implement?
> 
> I kinda think of it as just using tools already there...
> a couple of bash commands doesn't feel like I'm "rolling"
> much.  :-)
 
true, but it's still rolling!  :)

> Mainly I was just wondering if something like Integrit is
> compelling enough to use instead of this.  My goal is to
> make it dead-simple yet effective.
 
ok.  i was just curious.

btw, the thing i like most about integrit is that it's not quite dead
simple, but it IS very simple.

these types of programs are more effective if you can store a database
on write-protectable media, but a floppy doesn't seem to cut it.  a zip
drive would be perfect though.

pete

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