Name: harden.sh
Version: 1.0
Author: M. Everett Hinckley
Date Created: 04-07-2005
Date Last Modified:
License: GPL
Language: UNIX Bourne Shell
Platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0
MD5 Sum: 8e2d8e909a574f8d93fc837a0deb609e
PGP Signature
Purpose: harden a Linux system for Internet security
Features: disable unnessasary services, sanitize the issue file, harden sysctl.conf, disable root ssh logins, mount /tmp as non-exec partition, install Red Hat GPG Public Key to RHEL 2.1
Warning: Read through this script before using it, it disables virtually all network services. sysctl.conf changes must be uncommented to use.