A comprehensive hardening guide designed to help configure FreeBSD systems securely and efficiently.
Contact: Moin Rahman <bofh@freebsd.org>
This new CIS Benchmark covers critical areas, including:
- User and Group Management: Secure user accounts and groups with best-practice guidelines.
- Service Configurations: Recommendations for securely configuring essential services.
- File System and Permissions: Best practices for managing file system security and permissions.
- Network Configuration: Tips for securing network settings to protect against unauthorized access and attacks.
- Audit and Logging: Instructions on setting up robust logging and auditing to monitor system activity.
This Benchmark is a valuable resource for system administrators, security auditors, and organizations that must comply with industry standards and regulations. We encourage the FreeBSD community to provide feedback and contribute to the ongoing refinement of these guidelines. Security is most effective when it’s a collaborative effort, and we look forward to seeing how the community will leverage and expand upon this new resource.
We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the FreeBSD community for their significant contributions to this Benchmark. Special thanks go to Benchmark Writer Moin Rahman, Editor Carole Fennelly, Reviewers Jason Kafer and Rick Miller, Program Manager Joe Mingrone, and Justin Brown and Eric Pinnell at CIS. We also thank Verisign for underwriting part of the cost of creating the CIS FreeBSD 14 Benchmark and the generous donors to the FreeBSD Foundation for supporting the remainder.
More Information: FreeBSD 14 Benchmark (FreeBSD Foundation)