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Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)



Hi, Francisco.

I see that your package has already been uploaded, but I think that one
question is in order:

On Apr 10 2009, Francisco M. García Claramonte wrote:
>  Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix. It scans the system
>  configuration and creates an overview of system information
>  and security issues usable by professional auditors.
>  It can assist in automated audits.
>  .
>  Lynis can be used in addition to other software, like security
>  scanners, system benchmarking and fine-tuning tools.

How is Lynis different from, say, tiger? What does it offer that the
system administrator should consider? How does it compare to tiger?

I guess that those questions should be, in some way, addressed in the
long description.


Regards,

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