Package: checksecurity (2.0.16+nmu2)

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Maintainer:

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña (QA Page)

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basic system security checks

Checksecurity can periodically do some very basic system security checks:

   * check-setuid  - scans for insecurely mounted remote file systems,
     and tracks changes in setuid programs;
   * check-sockets - tracks changes in open ports to detect rogue programs;
   * check-passwd  - scans for empty or duplicate system accounts;
   * check-disfree - scans for mounted filesystems nearing capacity;
   * check-iptables-logs -  scans logs generated by iptables and look
     for intrusion attempts.

Be aware that these minimal set of checks are no substitute for a full security auditing and integrity checking system.

In addition to these checks you are encourage to install additional packages (listed in "Recommends") to provide more information concerning the security or vulnerability of your system.

Installing the suggested package lockfile-progs can help to prevent the cron jobs running multiple times if something gets jammed.

Tags: Implemented in: Perl, User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::program, scope::utility, Security: Intrusion Detection, Purpose: Scanning

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dep: cron (>= 3.0pl1-74)

process scheduling daemon
also a virtual package provided by bcron

or anacron

cron-like program that doesn't go by time
also a virtual package provided by systemd-cron

or fcron

Package not available
dep: debconf (>= 0.5)

Debian configuration management system

or debconf-2.0

virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf
dep: perl (>= 5.8.0)

Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
dep: util-linux (>= 2.15~rc1-1)

miscellaneous system utilities

rec: debsecan

Debian Security Analyzer
rec: logcheck

mails anomalies in the system logfiles to the administrator
rec: tiger

security auditing and intrusion detection tools for Linux
rec: tripwire

file and directory integrity checker

or integrit

A file integrity verification program

or aide

Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - static binary

or samhain

Data integrity and host intrusion alert system

or fcheck

IDS filesystem baseline integrity checker

sug: apt-watch

Package not available

or cron-apt

automatic update of packages using apt-get
sug: lockfile-progs

Programs for locking and unlocking files and mailboxes

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