Internet Security Standards

Aetius writes "The Center for Internet Security has released a set of security standards and tools for several operating systems. Here's the ZDNet story. I checked out the Linux standard and it is a pretty good coverage of the basics; about the only thing missing was a simple firewall treatment. I installed it on my wide-open desktop system (RH 7.3) and scored a 6.61 out of 10, which doesn't seem too bad. The scanner code isn't open source, but it's perl so you can at least look at it. You have to register to download it. If nothing else, the PDF of the standards is a good read. Enjoy."

Comments

Re:Open Source vs Free Software

[stikves]

No, ability to see the source is insignificant next to the power of the Open Source!

Open Source (for me) means, you're able to "take an active part in development" not only "be a able to watch it". The second one is "Shared Source".

Moderators on crack!

[A nonymous Coward]

Moderation Totals: Insightful=2, Funny=1, Underrated=1, Total=4.

Well, at least one of 'em got it! I don't know about that underrated guy, he did or didn't, so call it 1.5 got it.

Insightful? They DIDN'T get it. Sheesh.