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Securing AIX - Hardening Lesson 101
Every now and then I google: SecuringAIX (I write a blog by that name, so I am curious where it stands - and to my dismay I did not make the top5 today from my current location.
However, this unix.com/aix thread did make the top5- and, imho, it is lacking in clarity and ease. So, I thought I would post a refresher - AIX Hardening 101.
Since AIX 5.3, ML05 I believe (so we are anno 2005 I believe) - AIX intradiced a tool known as AIX Security Expert, or aixpert. This is meant to be pretty much - push button security - from it's start at least as much more has been added.
For a test drive - let it tell you what it finds wrong (note, wrong means different. If the level you choose thinks 4 is the right number and you have a different number (e.g., 3 or 5) it will say it is failed.).
So, test drive - no configuration changes made to your system with:
Note: you must choose a level to test against - one of high|medium|low|default|sox-cobit
This is part of bos.security.rte so it is always installed. Up to you to use it!
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do
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