> I don't think I've ever seen Bastille Linux mentioned here before. Well, Bastille is not a distribution, just a script that does a number of common configuration changes to improve the security of a system. It suffers from a combinatoric problem -- it's hard to keep up with all the possible security stupidities one can possibly commit with people who work on a volunteer basis.
AFAIK, Bastille hasn't been very regularly maintained in a while. Lots of people were really hot on it for a while, and it's kind of dropped off since then. > I's a few years since I looked at it (RHL 7.x or so I think) and then I > thought it somewhat overrated. Useful perhaps for a sysadmin who doesn't > know properly what he's doing. > I will acknowledge usefulness as an educational tool. I like to compare it to brushing your teeth. You'll still get cavities, but at least you've made an effort to stave off the most obvious/stupid problems. > Also, I don't recall seeing it as part of a distro, though Debian > probably has it, but it's not part of a standard install. It never was, AFAIK. Debian still has a current package for etch, but haven't tried it. > > lnx001:~ # bastille -b > > NOTE: Entering Critical Code Execution. > > Bastille has disabled keyboard interrupts. > > > > > > Can't locate Bastille/IPFilter.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib > > /opt/sec_mgmt /bastille/lib /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 > > /s390x-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/p erl5/site_perl/5.8.3 > > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/Bastille /usr/lib/perl5/s > > ite_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/s390x-linux-thread-multi > > /usr/lib /perl5/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 > > /s390x-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/ perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 > > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/sbin/BastilleBackE nd line > > 309. > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/BastilleBackEnd line 309. It looks like a Bastille Perl module either didn't get installed, or conflicts with an already installed module. This is probably a packaging error rather than a code problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
