Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:34:40 -0500 | | From | Neil Cherry <> | | Subject | Re: util-linux compromised |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
I was lucky, it didn't install properly but now comes the question how does one properly check that the file d/l'd is the correct one?
Are there any pointers on how to properly used the signatures? The md5sum is obvious enough.
I also get the impression that this "trojan" is only part of an attack. The commented out region in the install-sh was uudecodable but was a short file. The uudecode file also contained the string found in the Makefile. I have no idea what it means.
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