EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.14
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EnGarde Secure Linux
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is a Linux distribution developed by Guardian Digital - an open source
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Internet security company, and is designed with security in mind.
Originally based on Red Hat Linux, this product has been in development
since 1999. EnGarde Secure Linux highlights its "Secure by default" tag
as the one reason that it should be favored to be used as a Linux server
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. The developers have considerably reduced its size to include
server-only applications and the whole administration of the server from
the rebooting to its shutting down as well as configuring and
maintaining web servers, database servers
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and so on can be done remotely from the confines of a web interface.
Guardian Digital has split EnGarde Secure Linux into three branches.
Them being
1. The Unstable branch which contain bleeding edge packages and is
open only to developers
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.
2. The community branch which is provided for free and is supported
by the open source community
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. And lastly...
3. The professional branch which is officially supported by Guardian
Digital. And which needs to be bought.
The main difference between the community branch and the professional
branch apart from the fact that one is free and the other is paid
version is that Professional branch is much better tested and documented
and can avail of the official support of Guardian Digital. Compared to
that, the community branch will have to rely on the mailing list for
support.
Features of EnGarde Secure Linux are many and are as follows (as quoted
from their website) :
* Linux 2.6 kernel for the latest hardware compatibility
* SELinux Mandatory Access Control provides high security by strictly
enforcing service separation at the kernel level
* Guardian Digital Secure Network features free access to all system
and security updates and allows for quick and easy updating of the
entire server
* Broad support for server hardware, including 64-bit AMD
architecture and hardware RAID
* Web-based management of all functions, including the ability to
build a complete web presence with FTP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP and more
* Secure up-to-date LAMP stack serves virtual websites with Apache
v2.0, MySQL 5.0, and PHP 4.4 (PHP 5.0 available as an optional package)
* Latest BIND 9.3 provides secure DNS services
* Completely new WebTool, featuring easier navigation and greater
ability to manage the complete system via a secure web browser
connection
* RSS feed provides ability to display current news and immediate
access to system and security updates
* Integrated firewall with ability to manage individual firewall
rules, control port forwarding, and creation of IP blacklists
* Commercial grade Network Intrusion Detection System displays and
graphs incoming attacks in real time
* Built-in Host IDS monitors system files for unauthorized changes to
ensure system integrity
* Built-in UPS configuration provides ability to manage an entire
network of battery-backup devices
* Real-time access to system and service log information
