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       Tripwire v2.3 - distributed under the General Public License
                                README
                          September 1, 2000
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DESCRIPTION

Tripwire v2.3 is Security, Intrusion Detection, Damage Assessment and
Recovery, Forensics software.

This is a policy-based program which monitors file system changes as specified
in a policy file.  An encrypted database is used to help keep track of
modifications that have occurred in a system.


INSTALLATION NOTES

* Binary RPM Users:

Installing the Tripwire binary RPM gives you the basic program files needed to
run the product. However, the installation does not do any program
configuration needed for Tripwire 2.3 to perform correctly.

To complete the Tripwire 2.3 installation, you must run the configuration
script:

/etc/tripwire/twinstall.sh

This script walks you through the processes of setting passphrases, and
encrypting the policy and configuration files.  If you want to change the
contents of your policy file, twpol.txt, do so before running this script.

* Source RPM Users:

Installing the Tripwire source RPM gives you the source code and collateral
files required to generate a binary RPM of Tripwire 2.3.  To do this, simply
run the following commands:

rpm -i tripwire-2.3-47.src.rpm

When this completes, you may build the binary RPM by typing:

rpm -ba /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/tripwire-2.3.spec

(paths may be different on some Linux distributions).

Once complete, the binary RPM will reside on your system (usually in
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386).  Follow the directions for binary RPM installation
mentioned above.

* Binary TarBall Users:

The Binary TarBall file contains the Tripwire 2.3 executables, as well as a
post-build configuration script.

To install the product, simply extract all the files from the TarBall (tar -xzf
tripwire-2.3-47.bin.tar.gz), cd to the src folder and run:

install.sh

which is located in the root folder of the extracted TarBall.

This script walks you through the processes of setting passphrases, and
encrypting the policy and configuration files.  If you want to change the
contents of your policy file, twpol.txt, do so before running this script.

The install.cfg file may be edited to modify install paths or filenames.

* Source TarBall Users:

The current Source Forge distribution consists of a TarBall containing the
Tripwire 2.3 source code, as well as a post-build configuration script.

To build the product, simply extract all the files from the TarBall (tar -xzf
tripwire-2.3-47.src.tar.gz), cd to the src folder and run:

make all

As with the RPM distribution, you must run the post-install configuration
script to configure Tripwire.

To complete the Tripwire 2.3 installation, run the configuration script:

install.sh

which is located in the root folder of the extracted TarBall.

This script walks you through the processes of setting passphrases, and
encrypting the policy and configuration files.  If you want to change the
contents of your policy file, twpol.txt, do so before running this script.

The install.cfg file may be edited to modify install paths or filenames.

DISTRIBUTIONS

- RedHat 7.0 (Intel only)

- Caldera 2.4 Workstation

- Turbolinux 6.0.1 

- SuSE 6.4

- Other major Linux distributions are currently under evaluation
  please check http://www.tripwire.org/ for further information.

- No other distributions have been Tripwire-certified as of September 1st,
  2000

- Please see the ROADMAP and WISHLIST files for further information about the
  software development direction and which platforms are being considered for
  future support (These files distributed with Source Distributions only).


WEBSITES

For access to the latest Open Source Tripwire v2.3 software and for community
contact information, please see:
http://www.tripwire.org/

For Tripwire's Enterprise-ready/Network-enabled products, please see
http://www.tripwire.com/

For access to the latest open-sourced Tripwire software, please visit
Tripwire's project at:
http://www.sourceforge.net/

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 Copyright 2000 Tripwire, Inc. Tripwire is a registered trademark of Tripwire,
 Inc. in the United States and other countries. All rights reserved.

 Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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