NSA linux configuration guidance

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> wrote:
> This morning I came across a link to this document:
>  http://www.nsa.gov/snac/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf
>  170 page PDF

  The entire "SNAC" site is pretty good:

http://www.nsa.gov/SNAC/

  NIST also has some good stuff on their website:

http://csrc.nist.gov/

> I found it clearly written with lists of configuration commands
>  that can be applied fairly easily.

  Politics aside, the NSA knows what they are doing.

>  The document is from December, 2007, but I do not recall seeing any
>  pointers here on the list.

  It's been mentioned, but not as a thread of its own.  Prolly a good
idea to post as such.  :)

-- Ben