On 9/13/07, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign@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
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. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <paulbeard@gmail.com/paulbeard@mac.com>