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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Sat Jun 25 16:50:46 2022 +0100 (2022-06-25) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/lynis/description.txt Sat Jun 25 16:50:46 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ 1.4 +Lynis is a battle-tested security tool for systems running Linux, macOS, 1.5 +or Unix-based operating system. 1.6 +It performs an extensive health scan of your systems to support system 1.7 +hardening and compliance testing. 1.8 +The project is open source software with the GPL license and available 1.9 +since 2007. 1.10 + 1.11 +Since Lynis is flexible, it is used for several different purposes. 1.12 +Typical use cases for Lynis include: 1.13 + 1.14 +- Security auditing 1.15 +- Compliance testing (e.g. PCI, HIPAA, SOx) 1.16 +- Penetration testing 1.17 +- Vulnerability detection 1.18 +- System hardening