RE: [SLUG] spyware guard for Linux?

From: Derek Glidden (dglidden@illusionary.com)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 11:19:01 EDT


On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 10:50, Bradley Brown wrote:
> Tripwire can be a very good tool as well.
> Bradley
>
>
> > If you need something under Linux that can tell you if there are any
> > malicious programs running in the background, try 'ps', 'netstat -an'
> > and 'nmap'. (Not being sarcastic. Those are the best tools for that
> > sort of thing. Anything else would just be eye-candy wrapped around a
> > tool like one of those.)

The GPL tripwire hasn't been updated for years, and is a PIA to set up.
I'd recommend another GPL tool, 'integrit', that's much easier to set up
and is regularly maintained.

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