WHAT IS IT?

HnTool is an open source (GPLv2) hardening tool for Unix. It scans your system for vulnerabilities or problems in configuration files allowing you to get a quick overview of the security status of your system.

Some of the features are:

To use HnTool download it and run:

# ./hntool

Here's a sample output:

hntool

Also, you can have a html output using:

# hntool -t html > report.html:

hntool html

For more information (and options) you can check HnTool's manual page by typing "man hntool" at the command line or see the usage help:

$ hntool -h

SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

HnTool was already tested and is working on:

If you are using HnTool on a system that is not listed above, please, let us know.

DOWNLOAD

HnTool is licensed under the General Public License (GPLv2).

You can download HnTool from Google Code.

The latest source code is available through the mercurial source control system:

$ hg clone https://hntool.googlecode.com/hg/ hntool

ATTENTION: HnTool is still under heavy development and at a very early development stage.

MAILING LIST

We have a mailing list for this project. You can use it to ask for help, report a bug, send patches and get in touch with the developers.

If you prefer, you can check the archive of this mailing list.

HOW CAN I HELP?

There are several ways that you can contribute and help HnTool's development. You can contribute with code, patchs, bugs and feature requests.

To report a bug, a patch or a feature request for HnTool, please, file a issue in Google Code. If you're reporting a bug, please give concrete examples of how and where the problem occurs.

AUTHORS

A special thanks for those who contributed with patchs and modules. They are: You guys rock. :-)