Bastille

[GR Gaudreau]

On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 08:17 +0100, sparkes wrote:
> GR Gaudreau wrote:
> > I've downloaded bastille to "harden" security on my box. I was wondering
> > if anyone knew of this software and was it worth using it? Will it turn
> > the security settings to a paranoid level, and can I undo what bastille
> > has done if I "go to far?" Thanks
> > 
> you already have what would be considered a *hard* system by many people 
> by default.  Because you don't run any daemons attached to open ports by 
> default.
> 
> AFAIK (and if my memory serves me right) bastille is very tightly tied a 
> a single version and release of a distro so the debian bits might throw 
> up some errors or even break your system YMMV
> 
> it might be a useful exercise for someone to port the debian security 
> tools.  They clash with all potentially dodgy debs and uninstall when 
> you attempt to install a telnet server (for example).  They also include 
> a security policy that is shown to users when they log in (although 
> strangly only at the console and not via ssh, I had to edit that by hand)
> 
> sparkes

[GR]    Thanks, Sparky, I think I'll stay clear of it. Ubuntu is running
okay right now and I don't want to take a chance.

-- 
GR Gaudreau <grgaud at gmail.com>