RPM as file integrity checker

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 13:12 +0200, Bogdan Rotariu wrote:
> you should get that on some /dev files and some config ones from /etc.
> maybe in /usr/share/sgml etc.
> noone compromised your pc :)

Which is why relying on RPM as a file integrity checker is extremely
naïve, and why I felt shivers in my spine when that argument was used by
the time tripwire was removed...

Rui

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