sunhux

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Oops... I was wrong.<br />
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The script above does only cover CentOS.<br />
<br />
Best if you open a issue/ticket with this project asking if they have a Debian scripts available.
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And... Just looking through this script... not much real hardening in this script.<br />
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Just cursory basics, which are already done for you, during initial OS installation.
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Fractional CTO

David Favor

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Does the free version of Lynis follow closely CIS benchmark hardenings?<br />
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Does Lynis require installer packages (eg: rpm for RHEL, &nbsp;pkg for Solaris) or <br />
it can be run directly as a script without installing the packages?
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Besides giving advice, can Lynis implement the hardenings/recommendations<wbr />?
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<a href="https://github.com/sveeke/harden_linux" rel="ugc nofollow">https://github.com/sveeke/harden_linux</a><br />
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Referring to above URL, I only see the harden_CentOS7 &nbsp;script but<br />
not the two Debian &amp;&nbsp;Alpine Linux: did I miss something or can<br />
anyone point me to the right URLs to get the scripts?
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https://github.com/sveeke/harden_linux

Referring to above URL, I only see the harden_CentOS7  script but
not the two Debian & Alpine Linux: did I miss something or can
anyone point me to the right URLs to get the scripts?

Oops... I was wrong.

The script above does only cover CentOS.

Best if you open a issue/ticket with this project asking if they have a Debian scripts available.

And... Just looking through this script... not much real hardening in this script.

Just cursory basics, which are already done for you, during initial OS installation.

Does the free version of Lynis follow closely CIS benchmark hardenings?

Does Lynis require installer packages (eg: rpm for RHEL,  pkg for Solaris) or 
it can be run directly as a script without installing the packages?

Besides giving advice, can Lynis implement the hardenings/recommendations?

github URL missing Debian &amp;amp; Alpine hardening scripts

https://github.com/sveeke/harden_linux

Referring to above URL, I only see the harden_CentOS7  script but
not the two Debian &amp;amp; Alpine Linux: did I miss something or can
anyone point me to the right URLs to get the scripts?

github URL missing Debian &amp; Alpine hardening scripts

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