ORDELL: Take the keys, man. Listen to music.

LOUIS: Which one is for the car?

(Ordell finds it. While he goes through the keys, Vicki comes back on the line.)

(Max speaks with her as he fills out his papers.)

ORDELL: (holding a key)

This one’s for the ignition…

(holding a little black box)

… but you gotta hit this thing to shut the alarm off and unlock the door.

LOUIS: What do I do?

ORDELL: You ain’t got to do nothing. Just point at it and push the button. You’ll hear the car go “bleep.” That means the alarm’s off and the doors are open.

LOUIS: Okay.

ORDELL: Now play the volume as loud as you want but don’t touch my levels. I got them set just the way I want ’em.

(Louis nods and goes out.)

End Scene


Is this Jackie Brown or is it Tripwire?

The reality is, it’s both. This is a powerful scene in Jackie Brown because it illustrates what Tripwire is all about in making sure that a golden image can be maintained via secure configuration management.

But how would you know if it was changed?

Introducing secure configuration management

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in SP 800-128, defines security configuration management (SCM) as “The management and control of configurations for an information system to enable security and facilitate the management of risk.”

Assailants look for systems that have default locales that are susceptible. Once an attacker manipulates a structure, they start making changes.

SCM can help prevent this type of malicious activity. It can do so by not only detecting misconfigurations that make your practices susceptible but also by identifying “uncommon” changes to important files or registry keys.

This is why (Read more...)