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Re: What to do about checksecurity



On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> The biggest obstacle here is the sheer volume of files and packages.
> I think something on the order of an "index by subject" is the right
> solution.  [E.g. the firewall people might want to start a general
> set of indices on security related binaries and documentation.]

Yes, such an index is very helpfull.
Thank you for this idea.

> > This new package could be extended with security relating scanning
> > operations, like checksum checks of important files, or even be combined
> > with suidmanager.
> I'm not sure I understand why combining it with suidmanager would
> help?

Hmm. I see similarities with both of them. Checksecurity checks for
changes to setuid programs, suidmanager manages suid programs. You could
compare checksecurity generated lists with the suidmanager database.
Or does I miss something?

Hubert

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