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Securing Distribution Independent Linux An objective, consensus-driven security guideline for the Distribution Independent Linux Operating Systems.

An objective, consensus-driven security guideline for the Distribution Independent Linux Operating Systems.

A step-by-step checklist to secure Distribution Independent Linux:

For Distribution Independent Linux (CIS Distribution Independent Linux Benchmark version 1.1.0)

CIS has worked with the community since 2012 to publish a benchmark for Distribution Independent Linux

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Ticket • 13 Jul 2018

Break CIS.conf to individual filesystem files within modprobe.d

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Ticket • 06 Jul 2018

Supported Linux distribution and version

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Ticket • 01 Jul 2018

systemd-timesyncd subsection

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Ticket • 01 Jul 2018

SSH1 will be deprecated in 7.6

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