Tools compared: Linux auditing tools
Finding the right tool for the job can be difficult task. This sheet compares LUNAR, Lynis, OpenSCAP, Tiger and YASAT.
| LUNAR | Lynis | OpenSCAP | Tiger | YASAT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | LUNAR is a security scanner that runs on a Linux system or other flavors of Unix. It provides insights on what can be done to harden the system. | Lynis is a security auditing tool for systems running Linux, macOS, or Unix. It can be used for security assessments and configuration audits. | Tools to assist administrators and auditors with assessment, measurement and enforcement of security baselines | Tiger a security audit and intrusion detection tool for flavors of Unix | YASAT describes itself as another simple stupid audit tool to test Linux systems. It has many tests for checking the security configuration of the system. |
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| Strenghts | The source code of this software is available | More than 50 contributors, Commercial support available, More than 4000 GitHub stars, Used language is shell script, Very low number of dependencies, Project is mature (10+ years), The source code of this software is available | More than 25 contributors, The source code of this software is available, Supported by a large company | Used language is shell script, Project is mature (10+ years), The source code of this software is available | Used language is shell script |
| Weaknesses | No updates for a while | No updates for a while | |||
| Programming language(s) | Shell script | Shell script | C | Shell script | Shell script |
| Last release | Unknown | 3.0.4 (2021-05-11) | 1.3.5 (2021-04-23) | 3.2.3 (2010-03-03) | 848 (2016-08-30) |
| Tool page (last updated) | 2021-05-08 | 2021-05-11 | 2021-05-08 | 2021-05-08 | 2021-05-08 |
| Tool score | 64 | 100 | 89 | 59 | 70 |
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