This layer provides security tools, hardening tools for Linux kernels and libraries for implementing security mechanisms.

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git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-security web repo

Last commit: 8 years, 6 months ago (krogoth branch)

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Dependencies

The meta-security layer depends upon:

Recipe name Version Description
afflib 3.6.6 The Advanced Forensic Format (AFF) is on-disk format for storing computer forensic information.
aircrack-ng 1.2 Aircrack-ng is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks
bastille 3.2.1 Linux hardening tool
buck-security 0.7 Linux security scanner
ccs-tools 1.8.4 Tomoyo
checksec 1.5 Program radominization
checksecurity 2.0.15 basic system security checks
clamav 0.99.1 ClamAV anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
ding-libs 0.5.0 Dynamic hash table implementation
isic 0.07 ISIC -- IP Stack Integrity Checker
lib-perl 0.63 This is a small simple module which simplifies the manipulation of @INC at compile time. It is typically used to add extra directories to Perl's search path so that later 'use' or 'require' statements will find modules which are not located in the default search path.
libewf 20140608 library with support for Expert Witness Compression Format
libhtp 0.5.19 LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol and the related bits and pieces.
libmspack 0.5 A library for Microsoft compression formats
libnetaddr-ip-perlblacklisted 4.069 This package contains the IP.pm module with friends.
libseccomp 2.2.3+gitX interface to seccomp filtering mechanism
libwhisker2-perl 2.5 Libwhisker is a Perl module geared specificly for HTTP testing.
nikto 2.1.5 web server scanner
nmap 7.12 network auditing tool
packagegroup-core-security 1.0 Security packagegroup for Poky
paxctl 0.9 paxctl is a tool that allows PaX flags to be modified on a per-binary basis. PaX is part of common security-enhancing kernel patches and secure distributions, such as GrSecurity or Adamantix and Hardened Gen-too, respectively.
python-pycrypto 2.6.1 Cryptographic modules for Python.
redhat-security 1.0 redhat security tools
samhain-client 4.1.2 Provides file integrity checking and log file monitoring/analysis
samhain-server 4.1.2 Provides file integrity checking and log file monitoring/analysis
scapy 2.3.1 Network scanning and manipulation tool
sleuthkit 4.1.3 The Sleuth Kit (TSK) is a library and collection of command line tools that allow you to investigate disk images.
sssd 1.13.3+gitX system security services daemon
suricata 3.0.1 The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine
tpm-tools 1.3.8 The tpm-tools package contains commands to allow the platform administrator the ability to manage and diagnose the platform's TPM.
tripwire 2.4.2.2 Tripwire: A system integrity assessment tool (IDS)
trousers 0.3.13 TrouSerS - An open-source TCG Software Stack implementation.