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My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

Posted Apr 24, 2006 17:30 UTC (Mon) by danielpf (guest, #4723)
In reply to: My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com) by xorbe
Parent article: My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

If the bad person is able to install a fake rpm it means s/he can
also do pretty much anything, including installing a fake
tripwire.

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My sysadmin toolbox (Linux.com)

Posted Apr 24, 2006 19:31 UTC (Mon) by jwb (guest, #15467) [Link]

That's why you shut down the system and boot it from protected media before running tripwire. Someone with root access to a Unix system can, indeed, do anything.


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