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.

Summary

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

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.

Also an interactive tutorial

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

Similar Linux hardening projects

  • GrSecurity
  • Security-Enhanced Linux
  • LIDS

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