Linux Hardening – Sec Check

Auditing has become my main job as of late and so I developed a method to inspect Linux Servers from the inside out, checking for a list of Best Practices and Recommended Values and the like. File: seccheck.sh #!/bin/bash # Linux Security Check version .2.0 # 2012-10-18 # Modified by Jim McKibben # Original concept…

IPTables Firewall with auto update blocklist v2.2

Again, working to harden Linux as much as possible. After much searching, reading, researching, comparison, and experimentation I developed this. I will update this post with new content when I revise the firewall configuration. If you scroll down towards the bottom of this post you will find the rest of the parts that make this…