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Subject: Re: WWW Gaffiti Immunity (Off Topic)
From: Bertrum Carroll <bc17684 @ 90 . deere . com>
Organization: Deere & Company
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:55:29 -0600
To: Brad Daugherty <bsd @ pobox . com>
Cc: Mark Johnson <mark @ hercules . reno . nv . us>, Dale Drew <ddrew @ mci . net>, Michael Idengren <midengre @ stetson . edu>, Christopher Klaus <cklaus @ iss . net>, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <3 . 0 . 32 . 19961231145712 . 00a49df8 @ lexicon . ins . com>

Brad, I agree with you, but it looks like you just described "TripWire"?

What OS & Webserver does the Airforce use?

Brad Daugherty wrote:
> 
> >> I don't see how CDROM provides significant advantages on a WEB server
> >> "graffiti" attack.
> 
> In order to avoid graffiti try something like this:
> 
> 1)Write a program that checks the size/date of the WWW directory
>         If it fails have it Kill the WWW server
>                 and send email to the admin.
> 2)Setup a CRON job to run the program every 15 min.
> 
> If a hacker is good enough they will find it, but who would be looking for such a random thing?
> 
> Just make sure you change the size whenever you make a change to your documents.
> 
> As for CD-ROM WWW sites, I believe the term "Link-rot" comes to mind.
> 
> Good Luck,
> Brad
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