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Lynis - README
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Author: Michael Boelen (michael.boelen@cisofy.com), CISOfy
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Description: Security and system auditing tool
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Web site: https://cisofy.com/lynis/
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Development: May 2007 - Now
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Support policy: See section 'Support'
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Documentation: See web site, README, FAQ and CHANGELOG file
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== The website contains up-to-date documentation ==
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See https://cisofy.com/documentation/lynis/
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[+] Introduction
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Lynis is an auditing tool which tests and gathers (security) information from
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Unix based systems. The audience for this tool are security and system
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auditors, network specialists and system maintainers.
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Some of the (future) features and usage options:
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- System and security audit checks
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- Compliance testing
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- File integrity monitoring
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- System and file forensics
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- Usage of templates/baselines (reporting and monitoring)
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- Extended debugging features
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Everyone is free to use Lynis under the conditions of the GPL v3 license (see
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LICENSE file).
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Quick facts
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- Name: Lynis
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- Type: audit, security, hardening, forensics tool
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- License: GPL v3
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- Language: Shell script
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- Author: Michael Boelen, CISOfy
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- Website: https://cisofy.com
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- Required permissions: root preferred, not needed
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- Other requirements: write access to /tmp
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[+] Installation
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Lynis doesn't have to be installed, so it can be used directly from a
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(removable) disk. If you want the program to be installed, use one of the
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following methods:
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- Create a custom directory (ie. /usr/local/lynis) and unpack the tarball
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(tar xfvz lynis-version.tar.gz) into this directory.
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- Create a RPM package by using the lynis.spec file (see web site)
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run 'rpmbuild -ta lynis-version.tar.gz' (= build RPM package)
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run 'rpm -ivh <filename>' (= install RPM package)
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See online documentation for detailed instructions.
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[+] Supported systems
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Since the complexity of auditing different systems and platforms, Lynis is
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developed on BSD and Linux.
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This tool is tested or confirmed to work with at least:
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AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris. See website for the full
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list of tested operating systems.
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[+] Usage
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See online documentation for more information about using Lynis.
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[+] Development and Bugs
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If you have input to improve Lynis, let us know via:
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- GitHub - https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis
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- E-mail - lynis-dev@cisofy.com
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Contributions are appreciated and can be done via GitHub. See CONTRIBUTIONS.md
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for more information about how to submit them.
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[+] Support
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Lynis is tested on the most common operating systems. The documentation (README,
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FAQ) and the debugging information in the log file should cover most questions and
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problems. Bugs can be reported via GitHub, or sending an e-mail to the lynis-dev
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address above.
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Commercial support is available and provided by CISOfy. For more information use
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the contact address on https://cisofy.com/contact/.
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[+] Upgrade to Lynis Enterprise
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Individuals and companies which use this software for more than 10 systems, should
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think about the value of this tool in their job. To support ongoing development on
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this tool we have a commercial version available. Lynis Enterprise Suite uses
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Lynis to audit systems, but also provides malware scanning, intrusion detection
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and has additional guidance. For all features, please see our website:
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https://cisofy.com/lynis-enterprise/
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[+] Thanks
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Thanks to the community for using and supporting open source software.
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Many comments, bugs/patches and questions are the key to success and ongoing
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motivation in developing tools like this.
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Lynis - Copyright 2007-2015, Michael Boelen, CISOfy - https://cisofy.com
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