diff --git a/bin/hardening/10.1.8_set_fail_delay_seconds.sh b/bin/hardening/10.1.8_set_fail_delay_seconds.sh
index c9d38be..b7de140 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/10.1.8_set_fail_delay_seconds.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/10.1.8_set_fail_delay_seconds.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ audit () {
             if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
                 ok "$OPTIONNAME set condition is $CONDT_VAL"
             else
-                crit "$OPTIONNAME set condition is not $CONDT_VAL"
+                crit "$OPTIONNAME set condition is not equal or greater than $CONDT_VAL"
             fi
         else
             crit "$PATTERN is not present in $FILE"
diff --git a/bin/hardening/12.12_etc_group_backup_permissions.sh b/bin/hardening/12.12_etc_group_backup_permissions.sh
index 2d70e02..a778a6d 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/12.12_etc_group_backup_permissions.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/12.12_etc_group_backup_permissions.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 HARDENING_LEVEL=1
 
 FILE='/etc/group-'
-PERMISSIONS='644'
+PERMISSIONS='600'
 USER='root'
 GROUP='root'
 
diff --git a/bin/hardening/12.13_etc_gshadow_backup_permissions.sh b/bin/hardening/12.13_etc_gshadow_backup_permissions.sh
index 6df0b01..ce598cf 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/12.13_etc_gshadow_backup_permissions.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/12.13_etc_gshadow_backup_permissions.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 HARDENING_LEVEL=1
 
 FILE='/etc/gshadow-'
-PERMISSIONS='640'
+PERMISSIONS='600'
 USER='root'
 GROUP='shadow'
 
diff --git a/bin/hardening/12.5_etc_passwd_backup_permissions.sh b/bin/hardening/12.5_etc_passwd_backup_permissions.sh
index 0682f3a..a0bf0c9 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/12.5_etc_passwd_backup_permissions.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/12.5_etc_passwd_backup_permissions.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 HARDENING_LEVEL=1
 
 FILE='/etc/passwd-'
-PERMISSIONS='644'
+PERMISSIONS='600'
 USER='root'
 GROUP='root'
 
diff --git a/bin/hardening/12.6_etc_shadow_backup_permissions.sh b/bin/hardening/12.6_etc_shadow_backup_permissions.sh
index b82c236..6db3c56 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/12.6_etc_shadow_backup_permissions.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/12.6_etc_shadow_backup_permissions.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 HARDENING_LEVEL=1
 
 FILE='/etc/shadow-'
-PERMISSIONS='640'
+PERMISSIONS='600'
 USER='root'
 GROUP='shadow'
 
diff --git a/bin/hardening/8.3.4_set_logfile_perm.sh b/bin/hardening/8.3.4_set_logfile_perm.sh
index 3a0a165..2d89295 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/8.3.4_set_logfile_perm.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/8.3.4_set_logfile_perm.sh
@@ -16,65 +16,78 @@ HARDENING_LEVEL=3
 PERMISSIONS='640'
 USER='root'
 GROUP='adm'
+SERVICE_NAME_R="rsyslog"
 
 # This function will be called if the script status is on enabled / audit mode
 audit () {
-	does_file_exist "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf"
-    if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-		warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf is not exist! "
-		FNRET=1
+	is_pkg_installed $SERVICE_NAME_R
+	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+		ok "$SERVICE_NAME_R has installed, so pass."
+		FNRET=0
 	else
-    	FILES=$(grep "file(" $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf | grep '"' | cut -d'"' -f 2)
-    	for FILE in $FILES; do
-        	does_file_exist $FILE
-        	if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-            	crit "$FILE does not exist"
-        	else
-            	has_file_correct_ownership $FILE $USER $GROUP
-            	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
-                	ok "$FILE has correct ownership"
-            	else
-                	crit "$FILE ownership was not set to $USER:$GROUP"
-            	fi
-            	has_file_correct_permissions $FILE $PERMISSIONS
-            	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
-                	ok "$FILE has correct permissions"
-            	else
-                	crit "$FILE permissions were not set to $PERMISSIONS"
-            	fi 
-        	fi
-    	done
+		does_file_exist "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf"
+	    if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+			warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf is not exist! "
+			FNRET=1
+		else
+    		FILES=$(grep "file(" $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf | grep '"' | cut -d'"' -f 2)
+    		for FILE in $FILES; do
+        		does_file_exist $FILE
+        		if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+            		crit "$FILE does not exist"
+        		else
+            		has_file_correct_ownership $FILE $USER $GROUP
+            		if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+                		ok "$FILE has correct ownership"
+            		else
+                		crit "$FILE ownership was not set to $USER:$GROUP"
+            		fi
+            		has_file_correct_permissions $FILE $PERMISSIONS
+            		if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+                		ok "$FILE has correct permissions"
+            		else
+                		crit "$FILE permissions were not set to $PERMISSIONS"
+            		fi 
+        		fi
+    		done
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
 # This function will be called if the script status is on enabled mode
 apply () {
-	does_file_exist "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf"
-	if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-		warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf is not exist! "
+	is_pkg_installed $SERVICE_NAME_R
+	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+		ok "$SERVICE_NAME_R has installed, so pass."
+		FNRET=0
 	else
-    	FILES=$(grep "file(" $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf | grep '"' | cut -d'"' -f 2)
-    	for FILE in $FILES; do
-        	does_file_exist $FILE
-        	if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-				info "$FILE does not exist, create $FILE"
-				extend_touch_file $FILE
-        	fi
-        	has_file_correct_ownership $FILE $USER $GROUP
-        	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
-            	ok "$FILE has correct ownership"
-        	else
-            	warn "fixing $FILE ownership to $USER:$GROUP"
-           		chown $USER:$GROUP $FILE
-        	fi
-        	has_file_correct_permissions $FILE $PERMISSIONS
-        	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
-            	ok "$FILE has correct permissions"
-        	else
-            	info "fixing $FILE permissions to $PERMISSIONS"
-            	chmod 0$PERMISSIONS $FILE
-        	fi
-    	done
+		does_file_exist "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf"
+		if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+			warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf is not exist! "
+		else
+    		FILES=$(grep "file(" $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf | grep '"' | cut -d'"' -f 2)
+    		for FILE in $FILES; do
+        		does_file_exist $FILE
+        		if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+					info "$FILE does not exist, create $FILE"
+					extend_touch_file $FILE
+        		fi
+        		has_file_correct_ownership $FILE $USER $GROUP
+        		if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+            		ok "$FILE has correct ownership"
+        		else
+            		warn "fixing $FILE ownership to $USER:$GROUP"
+           			chown $USER:$GROUP $FILE
+        		fi
+        		has_file_correct_permissions $FILE $PERMISSIONS
+        		if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+            		ok "$FILE has correct permissions"
+        		else
+            		info "fixing $FILE permissions to $PERMISSIONS"
+            		chmod 0$PERMISSIONS $FILE
+        		fi
+    		done
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/hardening/8.3.5_syslog-ng_remote_host.sh b/bin/hardening/8.3.5_syslog-ng_remote_host.sh
index 973146b..079f74b 100755
--- a/bin/hardening/8.3.5_syslog-ng_remote_host.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening/8.3.5_syslog-ng_remote_host.sh
@@ -5,44 +5,56 @@
 #
 
 #
-# 8.3.5 Configure rsyslog to Send Logs to a Remote Log Host (Not Scored)
+# 8.3.5 Configure syslog-ng to Send Logs to a Remote Log Host (Not Scored)
 #
 
 set -e # One error, it's over
 set -u # One variable unset, it's over
 
 HARDENING_LEVEL=3
-
+SERVICE_NAME_R="rsyslog"
 PATTERN='^destination.*(tcp|udp)[[:space:]]*\([[:space:]]*\".*\"[[:space:]]*\)'
 
 # This function will be called if the script status is on enabled / audit mode
 audit () {
-	if [ -d "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR" ]; then
-    	FILES="$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/conf.d/*"
-    	does_pattern_exist_in_file "$FILES" "$PATTERN"
-    	if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-        	crit "$PATTERN is not present in $FILES"
-    	else
-        	ok "$PATTERN is present in $FILES"
-    	fi
+	is_pkg_installed $SERVICE_NAME_R
+	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+		ok "$SERVICE_NAME_R has installed, so pass."
+		FNRET=0
 	else
-		warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR is not exist!"
-		FNRET=1	
-	fi 
+		if [ -d "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR" ]; then
+    		FILES="$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/conf.d/*"
+    		does_pattern_exist_in_file "$FILES" "$PATTERN"
+    		if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+        		crit "$PATTERN is not present in $FILES"
+    		else
+        		ok "$PATTERN is present in $FILES"
+    		fi
+		else
+			warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR is not exist!"
+			FNRET=1	
+		fi
+	fi
 }
 
 # This function will be called if the script status is on enabled mode
 apply () {
-	if [ $FNRET = 1 ]; then  
-		warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR is not exist!"
+	is_pkg_installed $SERVICE_NAME_R
+	if [ $FNRET = 0 ]; then
+		ok "$SERVICE_NAME_R has installed, so pass."
+		FNRET=0
 	else
-    	FILES="$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/conf.d/*"
-    	does_pattern_exist_in_file "$FILES" "$PATTERN"
-    	if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
-        	crit "$PATTERN is not present in $FILES, please set a remote host to send your logs"
-    	else
-        	ok "$PATTERN is present in $FILES"
-    	fi
+		if [ $FNRET = 1 ]; then  
+			warn "$SYSLOG_BASEDIR is not exist!"
+		else
+    		FILES="$SYSLOG_BASEDIR/syslog-ng.conf $SYSLOG_BASEDIR/conf.d/*"
+    		does_pattern_exist_in_file "$FILES" "$PATTERN"
+    		if [ $FNRET != 0 ]; then
+        		crit "$PATTERN is not present in $FILES, please set a remote host to send your logs"
+    		else
+        		ok "$PATTERN is present in $FILES"
+    		fi
+		fi
 	fi
 }