On 2019-03-11, Paul Sutton <zl...@disroot.org> wrote: > > On 10/03/2019 15:04, Sven Hartge wrote: >> deb <d...@rangingthoughts.org> wrote: >> >>> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond >>> - chkrootkit >> Useless. >> >>> - rkhunter >> Crap, unmaintained. >> >> Both tools produce more false positives than finding anything, just >> creating a false sense of security while providing no security benefit >> whatsoever. >> >> Grüße, >> Sven. >> > > Not just a false sense of security, but for anyone who is new or > inexperienced a false positive creates extra worry as you are unsure if > it real or otherwise.
They actually create a false sense of insecurity, which is the basis of many neuroses. > Paul > -- “Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched--love for instance-- we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next.” - Virginia Woolf, The Waves
