[Rkhunter-announce] Rootkit Hunter release 1.3.6

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The Rootkit Hunter project team is pleased to announce the release 
of version 1.3.6 on 2009/11/29. 

This release offers more ease of use and improved rootkit and 
malware checks.

The change log lists 29 additions including 9 configuration options 
and details for 12 rootkits, 29 changes including improvements for 
15 rootkit checks and 22 bugfixes. Naming a few:

    * New IGNORE_PRELINK_DEP_ERR configuration option in case of 
persistent prelink dependency errors.
    * New USER_FILEPROP_FILES_DIRS configuration option to add 
files and directories to the file properties check.
    * New COPY_LOG_ON_ERROR configuration option to copy the log 
file if any errors or warnings have occurred.
    * New WEBCMD configuration option to specify the command used 
to download data file updates from the Internet.
    * Rkhunter will look for configuration options in the main 
configuration file, and then in the local configuration file if it 
exists.
    * New SHARED_LIB_WHITELIST configuration option for 
whitelisting preloaded shared libraries.
    * New WARN_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If unset then no 
warnings will be shown.
    * New UPDT_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If set and the 
O/S has changed then rkhunter will automatically update properties 
('rkhunter --propupd').
    * Added support for hash functions SHA224, SHA256, SHA384 and 
SHA512 using CPAN perl modules Digest-SHA-PurePerl or SHA256.
    * New UPDATE_LANG configuration option.
    * New ALLOWPROMISCIF configuration option.
    * New PKGMGR_NO_VRFY configuration option for fine-grained 
package manager verification process control.
    * Rootkit checks added: Adore Rootkit (aka strings.o aka 
Dextenea) cb, CX, Fu, iLLogiC, ld-linuxv.so.1, 'Spanish', trNkit, 
Xzibit, ZK.
    * Updated rootkit / malware checks: Ambient (ark), beX2, 
BOBkit, Dica-kit, Dreams, Enye LKM, evil strings test, Fleakit, 
FreeBSD, Phalanx2, SHV4, Universal (URK).

For more details please see the CHANGELOG at 
http://rkhunter.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/rkhunter/rkhun
ter/files/CHANGELOG.
Rootkit Hunter release 1.3.6 obsoletes all previous releases: 
please upgrade.

Thanks to John Horne and all contributors who made this release 
possible by providing code, submitting ideas, bugs, fixes, 
documentation, helping out on the rkhunter-users mailing list and 
promoting Rootkit Hunter. For more details please see the 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.


Best regards,
unSpawn
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