tripwhire

hello out there. I have just made the switch to linux (Redhat 7.3) and I've been hearing alot about a programm called tripwhire, i was just woundering what peoples thoughts on this programm was,. and if some of the Linux people, or Guru's would reccomend it to a newbie :) p.s. any linux tips or tricks would be great also :)

Hi!
The tripwire software checks the integrity of critical system files. If someone hack/crack your system, and change some file, tripwire send a email to u.
BEFORE intall any system, plz patch it, and block any open ports. Uninstall the unused services and select a strong password. U can download the patchs from RedHat sites or rpmfind.org (ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/7.3/en/os/i386/) mirror, but they miss some important rpms: apache_1.3.26, openssh-3.4...
u can find them searching on rpmfind.org or installing from the sources.
A good book is Securing and Optimizing Red Hat Linux by Gerhard Mourani. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Secur...-Edition-v1.3/

ByE!
Groby

tripwire is a very good program, i recommend you install it if you want to heighten your security. and grobyccil basically summed it up, like he said make sure you block your open ports :)

thanks guys ill do that, the ports i knew about, thanks for the link grobyccil, i have something to read tonight. :-)