J_K9 Linux: HOW TO: Secure Your Box With Bastille

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2006

[ Thanks to J_K9
for this link. ]

“Bastille is a hardening tool which is very effective at locking
down your system, and all it requires are a few minutes of your
time! It is currently available for the major Linux distros: SUSE,
Mandrake (Mandriva releases are still not supported), Fedora Core,
Red Hat, Debian, and Gentoo, and it is also available for HP-UX and
Mac OS X. In this HOW TO I shall take you through the steps of
installing it and setting it up properly in order to secure your
system better than before.

“First of all, we’ll install it…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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