Re: Linux OS Hardening Guidelines

[Aaron Lafferty <lafferty () OAR NET>]

These can be fairly decent... they try to cover the most common
platforms as well.

http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_linux.html

Thanks,
Aaron

On Oct 11, 2006, at 7:55 PM, Tim Lane wrote:

> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for relatively high level 'checklist' style
> > guidelines for Linux (and variants) OS hardening.  I envisage a
> > 1-2 page checklist of principles plus some specific more technical
> > recommendations.
> >
> > Would anyone have this sort of guideline documented that they
> > would be able to forward to me?
>
>
> > Much appreciated if anyone can help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim
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