Is Lynis (audit tool) worth using in 2025? (lemmy.ml)

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The tool Lynis is an auditing tool used to audit Unix systems. Is it still relevant? Worth using?

It used to be fairly widely used years ago. Is it still worth its salt or are there other better options? Do you guys think it's needed at all with common sense now days.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The results are still useful today. There are a few basic measures of security that simply do not change and allows you to understand if your setup is secure enough to, say, run a bastion host or not

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