If you want to do a thorough system security audit on a Linux machine what do you use? Cobble together a few of the pre-installed tools? Search through the numerous locations for a tool that might give you enough information to determine if your system is safe? Or, do you open up a terminal window and use the Lynis security auditing tool? If you are of the former category, you get a gold star!
The Lynis project is from the same team that brought us Rootkit Hunter, so you know you can trust this tool. Lynis will not only scan your system for security issues, it will also scan and report installed software, general system information, and even configuration mistakes. You can’t afford to not use Lynis. In this article I will show you how to install and make use of Lynis.
