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Re: Check package component checksums against a database?



also sprach Mirsad Todorovac <mtodorov@alu.hr> [2007.08.28.1228 +0200]:
> I wondered if there is a way to check apt-get package maintained system 
> against a database of known checksums. This could be md5 checksum or 
> timestamp, size and BSD checksum of programs).

This is a question for the debian-user mailing list, not debian-qa.

> I know there is AIDE, but it has the weakness of locally maintained database 
> of checksums that intruder can defeat once boarded the system.

You can make AIDE use checksums on e.g. read-only media, such as
CD-ROMs.

Anyway, check out the debsums package.

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