Buck-Security is a security scanner for Debian and Ubuntu Linux. It runs a couple of important checks and helps you to harden your Linux system. This enables you to quickly overview the security status of your Linux system.

As a system administrator you often get into situations where you have to take care of a server, that has been maintained by other people before. In this situation it is useful to get an idea of the security status of the system immediately. Buck Security was designed exactly for this. It runs a few important checks and returns the results. It was designed to be extremely easy to install, use and configure.

Features

  • Find world-writeable files and directories
  • Find setuid and setgid programs
  • Find superuser accounts
  • Find installed attack tools packages
  • Check your umask
  • Check if sticky bit is set for /tmp
  • Check firewall policies
  • Check if sshd is secured
  • Check integrity of important system programs

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, System Administrators

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Programming Language

Perl, Unix Shell

Related Categories

Unix Shell Security Software, Unix Shell Systems Administration Software, Perl Security Software, Perl Systems Administration Software

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2009-02-27