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This tool should be suitable for any security consultants or any security enthusiasts out there who’s interested in unix security. Lynis is basically a security tool to find security threats  under your unix system. It scans the system and available software, to detect any security threats . It will also scan for general system information, installed packages and configuration mistakes. By using this tool you can minimalize any security vulnerabilities exist on your system. Lynis is kinda similar to Psyshard , but it works differently as a security auditing tool.

This software aims in assisting automated security auditing, software patch management, vulnerability and malware scanning of Unix based systems. It can be run without prior installation, so inclusion on read only storage is no problem (USB stick, cd/dvd).

Here are some features that Lynis has as a computer forensic security audit tool :

- System and security audit checks
- File Integrity Assessment
- System and file forensics
- Usage of templates/baselines (reporting and monitoring)
- Extended debugging features

Download : http://packetstormsecurity.org/UNIX/scanners/lynis-1.2.0.tar.gz

Documentation : http://www.rootkit.nl/files/lynis-documentation.html

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Lynis - Auditing Tool For Unix Security Specialist is posted on September 1st, 2008 by admin. This post is filed under: Sectools, Security, lynis unix auditing tool, unix security, unix security auditing tool, unix security consultants, unix security threats .

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