2010-05-11 15:18:34 +02:00
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Cfengine is an autonomous agent (a software robot).
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Written by Mark Burgess, a Professor of Network and System Administration
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at Oslo University College, Norway.
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It is used to implement policy-based configuration management on open systems
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(Unix-like environments) through the interpretation of its own declarative
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2010-05-11 22:26:30 +02:00
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language. It emphasizes an 'immunological' viewpoint, making its modus
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operandi convergence to a stable state.
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2010-05-11 15:18:34 +02:00
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2010-05-11 22:26:30 +02:00
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Note: Even though an rc file is included, at least an update.conf is needed
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as well. A sample for which is included. For usage intros see:
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Cluster Management with GNU cfengine by Mark Burgess
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http://www.ieeetcsc.org/newsletters/2002-01/burgess.html
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Automating Security with GNU cfengine by Kirk Bauer
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6848
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