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Tripwire Goes Open Source

Posted by Hemos on from the more-security-for-all dept.

Brian McLaughlin writes: "Tripwire posted the source code to their integrity checking tool at SourceForge today. The press release can be consumed here."

2 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Not really open sourced... by Some+guy+named+Chris · · Score: 5

    They are changed their source encryption to ASCII encoding, triple ROT-26 under the provisions of the DMCA which just went into effect.

    Also, you are allowed to view the source, but comprehension of it is a violation of the terms of use statement you agreed to when you first became aware of the term Tripwire. Failure to not comprehend the source is punishable by, but not limited to, confiscation of any or all of the following:

    • Reception Device - Eyes, 2
    • Transmission Facilitation Device - Hands, 2. Fingers, 11
    • Decryption Device - Brain, 1
  2. AIDE has always been free by sverrehu · · Score: 5

    Who needs Tripwire when we have AIDE?

    To quote the web page: "AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a free replacement for Tripwire. It does the same things as the semi-free Tripwire and more."

    Check it out!

    http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rammer/aide.html