From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FF513834D for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:34:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 61ED121C03C; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f173.google.com (mail-ob0-f173.google.com [209.85.214.173]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA26C21C056 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:33:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f173.google.com with SMTP id xn12so18258692obc.32 for ; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:33:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=bnb5Y/iCdw3TYsA/kmo3mJDQ78jWUFJtswiGC7lTxmk=; b=OMjxJsWiEGpJQs7VgfnS4x4sgYjsRy7TE3V8u4BLW8iR/8H5wXRDApJWXLxEV9gff+ XDgoXO6AYUfu+NrTstCTXgpKOARAzZXnqnljVdGr3Ocq1VoB+adksPSkpoCl39kSP6vh ZPGR/Pkox607qX74hJ1fYfQDlPrptwV/JmQV3zyMTQoG/pKG2qt476CphxhJQA00hSNk awMi+rr9pNt/QJWL89Xzp0oyXKbusbmGJnouWeOdDMg/+K2EZsHIheyq3F+3fUlj3KHo w0lGw9sXcVbO79h4Ox3hVFzQf0MennRcWZwT9wza3wPemZexQ1KKiwUF+QV4t7NA2SCH g0mg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.10.133 with SMTP id i5mr33171464oeb.24.1357594396991; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:33:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.20.243 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:33:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50EB2BF7.4040109@binarywings.net> References: <50EB2BF7.4040109@binarywings.net> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:33:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Fighting bit rot From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 42309886-653e-494b-b454-d73e3fd915de X-Archives-Hash: c69c6681b69cb5acd37aff256d87bbdd On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Florian Philipp 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. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rot > > Regards, > Florian Philipp > Have you looked at Tripwire to see if it'll do what you need? -- :wq