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Date:      Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:02:49 -0400
From:      Yonas Yanfa <yonas@fizk.net>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OpenSCAP for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <01e93875-65d6-0332-f0c5-7d2614cde266@fizk.net>
In-Reply-To: <20170722124712.oxl6yalmhdetbwfe@mutt-hbsd>
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On 07/22/2017 08:47, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 09:49:14PM -0400, Yonas Yanfa wrote:
>> On 07/21/2017 20:17, Joey Kelly wrote:
>>> On Friday 21 July 2017 19:21:10 Yonas Yanfa wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything like OpenSCAP for FreeBSD?
>>> If it's a matter of selecting an XML profile, then surely one can be crafted
>>> for any OS you choose.
>>>
>> Yes, and it shouldn't be too hard to port this to FreeBSD, but possibly time
>> consuming.
>>
>> The benefit of porting it is that they already have a lot of security
>> policies <https://www.open-scap.org/security-policies/>; written (eg. USGCB,
>> PCI DSS). Scanning and remedying Linux and FreeBSD systems for
>> vulnerabilities could be done using the same XML file. Also, you can use
>> their installer plugin
>> <https://www.open-scap.org/tools/oscap-anaconda-addon/>; to set security
>> profiles during install.
> I'll get in touch with some of my coworkers, who were instrumental in
> the creation of SCAP. I'll get their thoughts on LoE for porting to
> FreeBSD. Depending on their schedules, my response may be delayed.

Thanks Shawn!!! :-)


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