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CIS Releases FreeBSD Security Benchmark

Posted by michael on from the keeping-honest-people-honest dept.

JohnnyDime writes "The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has released a security benchmark and auditing tool for FreeBSD versions 4.8 and later. This is a free download available from cisecurity.org. CIS is a non-profit, consensus driven organization that uses experts from the public, private, and academic sectors to develop security guidance for operating systems and applications."

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  1. Heh by setagllib · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not that it needs one ;)

    But more proof that BSD is not dead. It gets support from the companies that know what they're doing.

    Just you wait for 5.3-RELEASE!

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    1. Re:Heh by sp0rk173 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And just YOU wait until the VFS system in DragonFly finishes it's top-to-bottom re-write! I have a feeling this new BSD isn't going to be something to sneeze at. I've been following the kernel@ mailing list, and it sounds damn awesome. It's going to be one hell of a beautiful little OS. Let's hope it runs as beautifully as it sounds on paper when all is coded and done.

    2. Re:Heh by SillyNickName4me · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That is nice... lets see when there is a result (have seen enough results from the people involved in Fragonfly, so that was not intended as a cynical statement, just as a huint that only what exists today can be used today)

      Anyway, unlike what some people believe, this kind of competition between different BSD distributions is a good thing, it allows people to go their own way with their ideas, and after a while all BSDs get a better solution (if the idea turned out to be better that is)

  2. Re:It is official -- Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dy by ToasterTester · · Score: 5, Funny

    The same guy keeps cutting and pasting the same message over and over. Just the number of times he's posted it is proof FreeBSD is not dead.

    Linus, will you please stop posting this.


    FACT: Chuckie Daemon will not die!

  3. BSD is NOT dying. HPUX is. by alphaque · · Score: 4, Interesting

    hmm, oddly the HTML title and title bar both say "Benchmarks for HPUX". :)

    see the link above at http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_freebsd.html

  4. Re:It is official -- Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dy by endx7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    FACT: his name is not Chuck, or Chuckie or anything like that. If you must give him a name, call him Beastie.

    At least, I think it is a him.

  5. What's in a name? by JamesTRexx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aren't we supposed to call it our new overlord?

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