Bastille Unix

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Bastille Unix is an interactive hardening script for selected Linux distributions and other operating systems. It is free software licensed under the GPL.

Contents 1 Bastille Linux renamed to Bastille Unix 2 Distributions 3 Functionality 4 Other Linux hardening projects 5 External links

[edit] Bastille Linux renamed to Bastille Unix

As of September 11th, 2007, Bastille Linux has been renamed to Bastille Unix. A press release indicates that this has been due for some time, but an unfortunate mishap with the domain pushed the change forward^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Distributions

As of January 27, 2005, Bastille hardens these distributions:

• Debian
• Fedora Core
• Gentoo
• Mandriva
• Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise
• SuSE and SuSE Enterprise
• TurboLinux

Other operating systems supported are HP-UX and Mac OS X. The lead developer is Jay Beale. The name most likely comes from the Bastille^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Functionality

Bastille presents a series of console-based screens that present a short description and a multiple-choice prompt. This makes Bastille an interactive security tutorial for Linux beginners.

[edit] Other Linux hardening projects

• GrSecurity (kernel protections, MAC, and more)
• Security-Enhanced Linux (MAC / labeling)
• LIDS

[edit] External links

• Bastille Unix and Bastille on Mac OS X (updated 12 SEP 2007 per [1].)