EnGarde Secure Linux v2 Out

Chuck writes "I came across EnGarde Secure Linux about two years ago when it was first released, and I see they just released the newest version. Improved Mandatory Access Control using LIDS, awesome web-based manager, code from the Openwall Project and winner of the Network Computing Hardened Linux product of the year. I love EnGarde."

Alternatives

[schroet]

We like Astaro a lot.

http://www.astaro.de/php/statics.php?action=asl& la ng=gb

Could anyone compare the 2?

Re:Something Different

[3.5 stripes]

Have a look at e-smith

http://www.e-smith.org

EnGarde Linux Flavors

[Anonymous Coward]

Engarde comes in two flavors: commercial and community. Community is the free version.

Distro Consolidation

[The Monster]

wouldn't it be more competitve to merge certain distros?

They tried that. It's called UnitedLinux. And one of the partners in that enterprise has decided to serially sue everyone else in the Linux business, based on an exotic theory of IP violation. You may have seen [slashdot.org] something [slashdot.org] about [slashdot.org] this [slashdot.org] recently [slashdot.org] here [slashdot.org] on [slashdot.org] Slashdot [slashdot.org]

Re:We were considering implementing it

[freuddot]

OVERVIEW

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A bug was recently discovered in the default configuration of the
daily log summaries. The default address is set incorrectly causing
daily summaries to bounce until the system is ran through the initial
configuration process or the admin e-mail address is changed.

Err. That's probably the mildest bug/security problem I've ever seen. Care to explain me what is the problem of either

- applying the update ?
- running the initial configuration process ?

Or were you simply googling for a defect to post and that's the ony one you found ?

Re:Alternatives

[warez]

Astaro is a hybrid firewall (stateful packet filter, application proxy), with a bunch of other nifty features. I 'discovered' it a couple of months ago on freshmeat when I was about to put together my own security box. After playing with it, I am nothing short of impressed, and its FREE for home use. it is a refined product. Engarde is a hardened linux distro; it's most practical use is turning it into a secure pubic server. The two actually goes hand in hand, as they aren't competing products.

Re:Pricing.

[div_2n]

At a place I used to work we had two Engarde boxes sitting in a DMZ acting as DNS servers. In two years I was there they NEVER went down and as far as we could tell had never been cracked. Our IDS did record quite a few attempts though.

I can't say the same for our Citrix servers . . .

IMHO the price is definitely worth it. I have spoken with the CEO Dave Wreski many times and he has helped me through several tough problems. Hands down their tech support has been unbelievable. I recommend their product to every company that I believe has a need that their products can fill.

For most /. users their products won't make much sense because they are targeted to an enterprise level customer.

If you happen to work for one of these companies you will not find a more out of the box secure solution for Web, DNS, E-mail or file serving.