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CIS Slackware Linux 10.2 Benchmark v1.1.0 Checklist Details (Checklist Revisions)

Supporting Resources:

Target:

Target CPE Name
Slackware Linux 10.2 cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2 (View CVEs)

Checklist Highlights

Checklist Name:
CIS Slackware Linux 10.2 Benchmark
Checklist ID:
59
Version:
v1.1.0
Type:
Compliance
Review Status:
Final
Authority:
Third Party: Center for Internet Security (CIS)
Original Publication Date:
10/24/2005

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

Dependency/Requirements:

URL Description
ftp://ftp.porcupine.org TCP Wrappers source distribution
ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/ Open source sendmail (email server) distributions
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/misc/security_tips.html Apache "Security Tips" document
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/ Information on MIT Kerberos
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Slackware General Slackware
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Slackware-Introduction General Slackware
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/ sudo (provides fine-grained access controls for superuser activity)
http://www.cups.org/ CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)
http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/dns-sendmail/DNSandSendmail.pdf Information on sendmail and DNS
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Partition.html Partitioning
http://www.ntp.org/ Primary source for information on NTP
http://www.openssh.org OpenSSH (secure encrypted network logins)
http://www.sendmail.org/ Information on sendmail and DNS
http://www.slackbook.org/ Slackware Book
http://www.slackware.com Slackware Book
http://www.slackware.com/security/ Patches and related documentation
http://www.tripwire.org Tripwire file modification utility
https://sourceforge.net/projects/sentrytools/ PortSentry and Logcheck (port and log monitoring tools)

References:

Reference URL Description

NIST checklist record last modified on 06/28/2019