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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:19:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
To: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 rmk@arm.linux.org.uk wrote:

> Jesse Pollard writes:
> > Absolutely true. The only help the checksumming etc stuff is good for is
> > detecting the fact afterward by external comparison.
> 
> Don't we already have that to some extent?  rpm -ya or rpm -y <package name>
> on a RedHat system?  I'm sure that there is a Debian equivalent.

http://www.tripwire.com does exactly this afik.	

	Gerhard

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Gerhard Mack

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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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