Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch
Date	2017-08-24 23:20 +0200
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On Thu 24 Aug 2017 at 21:56:51 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:

> On 24-08-17, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 24 Aug 2017 at 21:31:55 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> > 
> > > On 24-08-17, Brian wrote:
> > > > On Thu 24 Aug 2017 at 21:16:26 +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On 24-08-17, Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > The alternative would be to reconfigure rkhunter.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You could make a start by purging it from your system. It performs no
> > > > > > useful function.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Brian.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Could you explain that bit more, please?
> > > > 
> > > > apt-get purge rkhunter. Enough?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > No, not really. Why do you think that rkhunter is useless?
> > 
> > It does not anything of consequence.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Brian
> > 
> 
> Do you find checking for possible rootkits is useless, or you are just
> not happy how rkhunter performs that function?

A well-documented case of rkhunter discovering a rootkit in the last
ten years (the 1000s of false positives do not count) would go a long
way to establishing its credence,

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  Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-08-21 18:20 +0200
  Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 18:30 +0200
    Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2017-08-22 21:20 +0200
      Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2017-08-24 14:50 +0200
        Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-08-24 15:50 +0200
          Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2017-08-24 15:50 +0200
            Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-24 21:00 +0200
              Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-24 21:20 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-24 21:30 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-24 21:40 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-24 22:00 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-24 22:00 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-24 23:20 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-24 23:50 +0200
                Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-08-25 11:00 +0200
  Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> - 2017-08-21 18:30 +0200

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