YASAT
Tool and Usage
Project details
- License
- GPLv3
- Programming language
- shell script
- Author
- Corentin LABBE
- Latest release
- 848 []
Project health
Why this tool?
The YASAT tool performs a system scan to detect configuration issues and possible improvements for hardening the system. Typically you would use this on new and existing systems.
How it works
YASAT uses a plugins directory where all tests are stored. This directory also contains data files. These data files are being used by the tests to check the system state.
Background information
YASAT uses some code components of Lynis. The development of YASAT itself seems to have stalled in the last few years. As Linux distributions continue to evolve, we suggest using the more active development tools, like Lynis.
Usage and audience
YASAT is commonly used for configuration audit, IT audit, or security assessment. Target users for this tool are system administrators.
Features
- Command line interface
- HTML output
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + Used language is shell script
Weaknesses
- - No updates for a while
Installation
Supported operating systems
YASAT is known to work on FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a configuration audit tool, Linux security audit tool, and Linux security scanner.