Bastille

[paul beard]

On 9/13/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 22:58, paul beard wrote:
>
> > On 9/12/07, Bill Hernandez wrote:
> >
> >> Do you know if there is a port for Bastille ?
> >>
> >> Bastille Linux is a Hardening and Reporting/Auditing Program which
> >> enhances the security of a
> >> Linux box, by configuring daemons, system settings and firewalling.
> >> It currently functions on
> >> most major Linux distributions as well as Mac OSX and HP-UX
> >>
> >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/bastille-linux/
> >>
> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=403
> >
> > Doesn't appear to be one.
> > [/mnt]# port list bast*
> > bastet                         @ 0.41           games/bastet
>
> "port search bastille" would be better, but that too shows no
> Bastille port.
>
>
> > What does bastille do that OS X doesn't, out of the box? Does the
> > OS X firewall compare to what's available for Linux?
> >
> > There are probably a lot more linux-savvy people on this list: I
> > haven't looked at it in years (The BSDs are where I look for UNIX-y
> > goodness that I can't get from OS X).
>
> It looks like Bastille Linux has just changed names to Bastille Unix,
> since a) they temporarily lost their domain name to a squatter, and
> b) Bastille Linux has worked on HP-UX and Mac OS X for years.
>
> http://www.bastille-unix.org/press-release-newname.html
>
> So, I imagine it should be possible to create a portfile for Bastille
> Unix. Someone who cares about and knows the software should feel free
> to do so. Until such a person is found, a ticket could be filed for
> this request.
>
>
> Well, the underlying issue is what would the Bastille port add to the
ports collection? OS X is considered pretty secure out of the box and the
ports collection offers a lot of tools to enhance and extend that. What does
Bastille add?
I was surprised to learn of the reasons why this was requested, and it might
make sense to open this issue to a larger audience: Bill's call, not mine.



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