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#74 Updates to rkhunter 1.4.6

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3 days ago
2023-08-07
KenUnix
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Is it safe to assume that rkhunter is a dead project sine it has not been updated sine 2018?

If it is dead is it possible to get the source code to update it?

Thanks

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  • John Horne

    John Horne - 2023-08-10

    The development version 1.4.7 has been updated since 2018, but not released as a new version (1.4.8). I have no plans to do that as I can no longer support RKH any more. Version 1.4.7 does seem stable though, so should be usable in production.

    Are you asking to take over the rkhunter project on sourceforge? If so, then I can provide you with some passwords required, and add you as an administrator. (As far as I remember all I need do then is remove myself as an admin, and you are then the project owner).

    John.

     
  • Dogsbody

    Dogsbody - 2023-11-30

    Hi John,

    I have just posted in the Rkhunter-users mailing list as I tend to hang out there more than here :-)

    I would be very interested in helping keep rkhunter going.

    We still use rkhunter as part of our suite of protection on around 150 servers and run https://rkhmirror.dogsbody.com/ for the times that sourceforge goes down.

    I'd be very happy to help support it's transition, even if just to keep things ticking over as new distributions are released :-)

    How can we (all) make this happen?

    Thank you again to you, unspawn and all the contributors

     
  • John Horne

    John Horne - 2023-12-01

    The rkhunter project needs a new owner. I cannot do it.
    I haven't heard from unspawn in 10 years or more, so it needs someone else.

     
  • Dogsbody

    Dogsbody - 2023-12-01

    How can I help? I realise you don't know me from Adam :-)

    • I'd be happy to have a chat (e-mail, public, private, phone, zoom) if you like
    • I could pull a group of interested individuals together and make a plan together
    • or I guess you could just hand over the keys ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    I personally do not want to shake anything up. The rkhunter project is good & strong, it just needs a few tweaks for more modern operating systems and perhaps the docs a lick of paint.

    I've just had a look and according to my posts on the mailing list I have been using rkhunter since at least 2006 :-D Darn I'm old :-)

     
  • John Horne

    John Horne - 2023-12-04

    If you want to become the project owner, then let me know and I'll add you as an administrator and provide various passwords.

     
  • Dogsbody

    Dogsbody - 2023-12-05

    I would be honoured to carry on the great work. Please add me as an administrator and share anything required. Thank you.

     
  • Martin

    Martin - 3 days ago

    I'm happy to contribute to this as well. I don't think unspawn will respawn.

     

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