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EnGarde Secure Linux v2 Out

Posted by Hemos on from the lock-it-down dept.

Chuck writes "I came across EnGarde Secure Linux about two years ago when it was first released, and I see they just released the newest version. Improved Mandatory Access Control using LIDS, awesome web-based manager, code from the Openwall Project and winner of the Network Computing Hardened Linux product of the year. I love EnGarde."

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  1. Commercial? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I thoght EnGarde was strictly commercial nowadays?? No?

  2. Advertising shmadvertising... by CoolVibe · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Guess this is one of those slashdot sponsored "advertisement" advertising stories huh?

    Anyway, LIDS is great. Played with it, and deemed it cool. Now I wish FreeBSD had something that cool (since that's my main OS of choice), but LOMAC comes pretty close.

    Heck, I just might give this a whirl on one of my testboxes...

    1. Re:Advertising shmadvertising... by caluml · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I prefer the GRSecurity patches to LIDS. They contain a lot more than just ACLs.

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  3. Pricing. by Qbertino · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What's this supposed to be?
    Is this such a big fat hairy deal that you have to charge a minimum of 800$ for a "oh-so-extra-special-secure-Linux" distro?
    Ok, if it's so easy to install that any Webdesigner could get it on right out of the box I say ok, let them Dreamweavers pay the price if they're to cheap for hiring a sysadmin to their team.
    But I seriously doupt that this one pulls the trick better than a securepatched SuSE, Debian or OpenBSD.
    Does anybody have solid expierience with this distro and can they testify that its bizar retail price is justified?

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