* Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Fighting bit rot
@ 2013-01-07 21:07 99% ` Paul Hartman
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From: Paul Hartman @ 2013-01-07 21:07 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net> wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I have a use case where I am seriously concerned about bit rot [1] and I
> thought it might be a good idea to start looking for it in my own
> private stuff, too.
>
> Solving the problem is easy enough:
> - Record checksums and timestamps for each file
> - Check and update records via cronjob
> - If checksum changed but timestamp didn't, notify user
> - Let user restore from backup
>
> However, I haven't found any application in portage for this task. Now,
> the implementation is easy enough but I'm wondering why it hasn't been
> done. Or do I just look for the wrong thing? The only suitable thing
> seems to be app-admin/tripwire but that application also looks like
> overkill.
Not really what you are asking for, but I think btrfs and zfs have
checksumming built-in to the filesystem. I'm not sure what userspace
tools are like to monitor this, or if it's just an fsck away.
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