ViperDB ViperDB is a file checker somewhat similar to Tripwire, but based on different assumptions.
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ViperDB is a file checker somewhat similar to Tripwire, but based on different assumptions. ViperDB is a file checker somewhat similar to Tripwire, but based on different assumptions. It only reports if a change is found and therefore can be run every couple of minutes.ViperDB does not use a fancy all-in-one database to keep records instead, I opted to keep it fast and hence decided to go with a plaintext db which is stored in each "watched" directory. By using this there is no real one attack point for a attacker to focus his attention on. This coupled with the running of ViperDB every 5 minutes (via cron root job) decreases that likelyhood that an attacker will be able to modify your "watched" filesystem while ViperDB is monitoring your systeTo install follow these steps:1.) download latest version of ViperDB2.) uncompress archive3.) enter distro directory4.) edit viperdb.conf to include and directories you wish to monitor5.) copy viperdb.conf to /usr/local/etc/6.) edit viperdb.ignore to include all files you want to ignore7.) copy viperdb.ignore to /usr/local/etc/8.) edit viperdb.pl to change $notify_email and $loglevel9.) copy viperdb.pl to /usr/local/sbin/10.) run viperdb.pl -init11.) copy filecheck.sh /etc/cron.hourly/12.) copy filecheck-nomd5.sh /usr/local/sbin/13.) add filecheck-nomd5 to your crontab/5 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/viperdb.pl -checkNOTE: If you want to mix md5 and non-md5 checks, make sure you have md5=0 in the config file.What's New in This Release:· hash deleting bugfix· locking bugfix· config parsing bugfix· tie-ing bugfix· logfile bugfix

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