Jason Costomiris on Mon, 27 May 2002 06:04:15 -0400 |
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 01:19:51PM +1000, Bradley Molnar wrote: : tripwire is a firewalling type software. I don't know too much more about : it than that. It might only be intrusion detection. : Nothing to do with firewalling at all... Tripwire is a host-based intrusion detection system. Host-based IDS is primarily concerned with maintaining file integrity. That is - your config files haven't been replaced, and your important binaries haven't been replaced by trojaned binaries. Tripwire isn't a "complete" IDS solution, as it lacks the network component. -- Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human. jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. My account, My opinions. ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements-http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug
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