17.1. Linux Tripwire 2.2.1
This version of Tripwire has significant product enhancements over previous versions of Tripwire. Some of the enhancements include:
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Multiple levels of reporting allow you to choose different levels of report detail.
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Syslog option sends information about database initialization, database update, policy update and integrity check to the syslog.
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Database performance has been optimized to increase the efficiency of integrity checks.
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Individual email recipients can be sent certain sections of a report.
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SMTP email reporting support.
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Email test mode enables you to verify that the email settings are correct.
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Ability to create multiple sections within a policy file to be executed separately.
These installation instructions assume:
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Commands are Unix-compatible.
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The source path is /var/tmp -other paths are possible.
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Installations were tested on Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2.
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All steps in the installation will happen in super-user account root.
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Tripwire version number is 2.2.1
These are the Package(s) you need to install:
| Tripwire Homepage: http://www.tripwiresecurity.com/ |
| You must be sure to download: Tripwire_221_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz |
To Compile Tripwire-2.2.1, you do need to Decompress the tarball tar.gz.:
[root@deep] /#cp Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz /var/tmp
[root@deep] /#cd /var/tmp
[root@deep ]/tmp# tar xzpf Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz
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: After the decompression of Tripwire you will see the following files in your /var/tmp directory related to Tripwire software:
License.txt README Release_Notes install.cfg install.sh package directory Tripwire tar.gz file Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz.