Security Smorgasbord
By Brian Wilson
If you run any Internet-connected servers, it's probable that there's a secured operating system in your future. I'm talking about the next generation of security systems, not just the latest server patches from Red Hat or Microsoft. These systems will go far beyond the current standards in reducing the risks associated with running a publicly accessible server. HP Secure OS Software for Linux, HP-LX for short, is the first of such systems.
HP-LX employs a broad variety of well-known security tools and techniques along with some new ones. Unless you're keeping up with the NSA Secure Linux project, you've probably never seen anything like the compartment security feature in HP-LX.
The software is based on Red Hat Linux 7.1, and is relatively easy to set up. The boxed set comes with four CD-ROMs. The first has HP Secure OS on it, the second has the source code, and the remaining two are actually standard Red Hat 7.1 disks with HP labels on them.
HP Secure OS Software for Linux (HP-LX 1.0)
Hewlett-Packard
$3000
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Pros: Currently the most secure commercially available Linux system.<>
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