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An open source auditing tool which tests and gathers (security) information from Unix based systems The audience for the Lynis tool are system and security auditors, network specialists and system maintainers. Lynis aims in assisting automated auditing, software patch management, vulnerability and malware scanning of Unix based systems. Lynis can be run without prior installation, so inclusion on read only storage is no problem (USB stick, cd/dvd).Lynis assists auditors in performing Basel II, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI DSS and SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance audits.Since the complexity of auditing different systems and platforms, Lynis is developed on BSD and Linux. The Lynis tool is tested or confirmed to work with: Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris.Examples of audit tests:· Available authentication methods· Expired SSL certificates· Outdated software· User accounts without password· Incorrect file permissions· Firewall auditing Here are some key features of "Lynis": · System and security audit checks · File Integrity Assessment · System and file forensics · Usage of templates/baselines (reporting and monitoring) · Extended debugging features What's New in This Release: New: · Sudoers file permissions check · Core dumps configuration check for Linux · PHP disabled functions check · PHP enable_dl function check · PHP allow_url_fopen function check · OpenBSD smtpd status check · /etc/issue check · /etc/issue legal keywords check · Show suggestions in report Changes: · Extended support for Red Hat, CentOS and Fedora · Extended ACL test to test for default mount options as well · Exim status test fixed · Corrected yum security check · Replaced LDAP test AUTH-9238 with · Removed backquotes when locate database is not available · Added /etc/openldap to search path for OpenLDAP · Fixed typo in crontab path · Don't show message "No volume groups found" if LVM isn't used · Corrected Syslog-NG status · Moved TODO to dev directory

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