Re: ext4 features

[Bill Davidsen]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 19:00:38 EDT, Bill Davidsen said:
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> > Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
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> > > There's other issues as well.  Why do people run 'tripwire' on boxes that
> > > have RAID on them?
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> > What has RAID got to do with detecting hacking?
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> Actually, I've had tripwire detect more *accidental* changes due to buggy
> software than I have had it detect actual hacking.  Oh, and it's good at
> catching unintended config changes - I started using tripwire after I
> fat-fingered a script, and the machine backed up to /dev/null instead of
> /dev/rmt0.
>  
But it ran faster, right? ;-)

> In fact, I've never actually had tripwire detect actual hacking.
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I was using hacking in the general sense, I have a spiffy quote around 
about being in more danger from incompetence than malice. Patches with 
side effects, changes which work but reset directory permissions and/or 
ownership... I think it was Pogo who said "we have met the enemy and he 
is us."

--
bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979

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