Package upgrades and md5 checksum verification

  • Run upgrades on regular bases and every time a new vulnerability discovered in installed packages:
    
    apt-get update
    apt-get dist-upgrade
    

    A new kernel is installed separately from the other packages
    
    apt-cache search kernel-image | grep 686
    apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 
    

  • Verify md5 checksum of downloaded software:
    
    md5sum some_file.tgz  
    

  • Install dlocate and verify md5 checksum of the files installed with a package:
    
    apt-get install dlocate
    dlocate -md5sum tcpd
    dlocate -md5check tcpd
    

  • Install GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) to check software signature and verifying if files are genuine:
     
    gpg --verify ssh-3.2.9.1.tar.gz.sig-gpg ssh-3.2.9.1.tar.gz 
    

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