Checklist Summary:

This document contains recommendations for the secure configuration of Slackware Linux distributions.

Checklist Role:

• Desktop and Server Operating System

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

Not provided.

Target Operational Environment:

• Standalone
• Managed

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

Not provided.

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not provided.

Disclaimer:

Differs for Public and Private consumers, please read disclaimer information from the CIS web site located at: http://www.cisecurity.org/sub_form.html

Product Support:

Not provided.

Point of Contact:

cis-feedback@cisecurity.org

Sponsor:

Not provided.

Licensing:

Differs for Public and Private consumers, please read licensing information from the CIS web site located at: http://www.cisecurity.org/sub_form.html

Change History:

Removed reference per CIS instruction - 8/28/2018
Updated reference link - http --> https - 11/05/2018
updated reference links - 6/28/19
Updated URL - 7/26/19
Updated Reference URLs - 7/31/19
updated reference link - 1/10/2020

Dependency/Requirements:

URL	Description
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Partition.html	Partitioning
http://www.slackware.com/	Slackware Book
http://www.slackware.com/security/	Patches and related documentation
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/security_tips.html	Apache "Security Tips" document
https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/	Information on MIT Kerberos
https://www.cups.org/	CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)
https://www.slackbook.org/	Slackbook
https://www.sudo.ws/sudo/	sudo (provides fine-grained access controls for superuser activity)
https://www.tripwire.org	Tripwire file modification utility

References:

Reference URL	Description

NIST checklist record last modified on 01/10/2020