Linux Tripwire 2.2.1

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# 17.1. Linux Tripwire 2.2.1

This version of Tripwire has significant product enhancements over previous versions of Tripwire. Some of the enhancements include:

- Multiple levels of reporting allow you to choose different levels of report detail.

- Syslog option sends information about database initialization, database update, policy update and integrity check to the syslog.

- Database performance has been optimized to increase the efficiency of integrity checks.

- Individual email recipients can be sent certain sections of a report.

- SMTP email reporting support.

- Email test mode enables you to verify that the email settings are correct.

- Ability to create multiple sections within a policy file to be executed separately.

These installation instructions assume:

- Commands are Unix-compatible.

- The source path is `/var/tmp` -other paths are possible.

- Installations were tested on Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2.

- All steps in the installation will happen in super-user account root.

- Tripwire version number is `2.2.1`

These are the Package(s) you need to install:

Tripwire Homepage: http://www.tripwiresecurity.com/
You must be sure to download: Tripwire_221_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz

To Compile Tripwire-2.2.1, you do need to Decompress the tarball `tar.gz`.:

               [root@deep] /#cp Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz /var/tmp
               [root@deep] /#cd /var/tmp
               [root@deep ]/tmp# tar  xzpf Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz

> : After the decompression of Tripwire you will see the following files in your `/var/tmp` directory related to Tripwire software:

> License.txt
> README
> Release_Notes
> install.cfg
> install.sh
> package directory
> Tripwire tar.gz file Tripwire_version_for_Linux_x86_tar.gz.

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