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Linux Hardening Toolkit LH-1.3 — separate assessment, hardening and lab guides

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@andrei821 andrei821 released this 05 Nov 10:24
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Choose the guide for your task:

  • Assess an existing server: use the assessment guide/PDF. Collect with the reviewed scripts on the Linux target, redact and transfer the report, then run the prompt on a separate workstation.
  • Apply selected approved fixes: use hardening-runbook.md in the ZIP/repository. Inspection and change commands are separated.
  • Reproduce our tests: use lab-guide.md only for a disposable VM. Its apt-get install steps and modifying fixtures are optional maintainer work, never assessment prerequisites.

The primary PDF is now 19 pages and contains no installation/remediation command examples. The README and prompt explicitly keep missing tools/evidence visible instead of instructing setup or repairs. The full ZIP includes all three guides, the prompt, collection/validation tools, templates and dated VM evidence.

Control catalogue LH-1.2, all 28 IDs, operational scripts and worked results (3 scoped PASS, 25 MANUAL) are unchanged. Existing local fixture/artifact/checksum checks and rendered PDF review passed; root-only capture assertions remain a workstation skip with prior VM receipts retained. This documentation revision does not claim another VM run or a CloudHero website deployment.

Use SHA256SUMS to compare the three release assets. Checksums provide integrity checks, not independent publisher attestation.