I'm enacting some of your advice immediately thank you very much to the both of you. I'll let you know my progress. I know I'm a rookie at this but I appreciate the help.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Marc Haber <mh+a...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:09:34AM -1000, Mason Nakadomari wrote: > > Meaning I will see if my scans go faster without those directories but > I'd > > still like to scan those directories in a way to make it faster. It > > shouldn't be impossible to scan those directories should it? > > /proc and /sys - on Linux - are virtual file systems that the kernel > fills with information about the system and that are used to configure > certains aspects of the system. An attacker is very unlikely to place > data in there. > > /dev/ should be scanned with certain exceptions. Any moderately > experienced Unix admin should know which files should be excluded > (disks, random, zero come to mind). > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 31958061 > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 31958062 > _______________________________________________ > Aide mailing list > Aide@cs.tut.fi > https://mailman.cs.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/aide >
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