"Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Many files within many debian packages _do_ have MD5 sums. The > debsums package allows you to validate installed files against an > md5sum database. Think through what it is you're trusting when you > do this.
I've found debsums very useful in recovering from hardware corruption; it gives me a list of packages where things on the hard drive are missing or not what's expected. I wouldn't trust it for trying to recover a cracked machine, though (it's easy enough for a rootkit to regenerate the md5sum files if it wants to). -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
