Server Monkeys - ELS (Easy Linux Security)

Supported Operating Systems

* Red Hat Linux 9
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4
* Fedora Core 1, 2, 3, 4
* CentOS 3, 4

What ELS Does

* Install RKHunter
* Install RKHunter Cronjob which emails a user-set email address nightly
* Install/update APF
* Add SM/TP monitoring IPs (view information on these in Orbit)
* Install/update BFD
* Install CHKROOTKIT
* Install CHKROOTKIT Cronjob which emails a user-set email address nightly
* Disable Telnet
* Force SSH Protocol 2
* Secure /tmp
* Secure /var/tmp
* Secure /dev/shm
* Install/update Zend Optimizer
* Install/update eAccelerator
* MySQL 4.0 and 4.1 Configuration Optimization (cPanel only)
* Upgrade MySQL to 4.1 (cPanel only)
* Tweak WHM Settings for security and stability
* Configure RNDC if not already done (cPanel only)
* Change SSH port (also configure APF as necessary)
* Add wheel user and disable direct root login over SSH
* Optimize MySQL tables
* Install/update Libsafe
* Install/update ImageMagick (from latest source)
* Uninstall LAuS
* Harden sysctl.conf
* Install Chirpy's Free Exim Dictionary Attack ACL
* And more!

To install ELS, simply run the following command as root:
wget --output-document=installer.sh http://servermonkeys.com/projects/els/installer.sh; chmod +x installer.sh; sh installer.sh