Information about the package, hardening-check, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hardening-check package is designed for, Tool to check ELF for being built hardened.
Package Name:
hardening-check
Summary:
Tool to check ELF for being built hardened
Description:
hardening-check is a tool to check whether an already compiled ELF file was built using hardening flags. It checks, using readelf, for these hardening characteristics: * Position Independent Executable * Stack protected * Fortify source functions * Read-only relocations * Immediate binding
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.5
Release:
6.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the hardening-check package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hardening-check
This command will install hardening-check on the server.
yum remove hardening-check
This command will un-install hardening-check on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hardening-check, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hardening-check
This command will un-install hardening-check on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hardening-check when using the -y flag.
yum update hardening-check
This command will update hardening-check to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hardening-check, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hardening-check
This command will update hardening-check to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hardening-check when using the -y flag.
yum info hardening-check
This command will show you core information about the hardening-check package.
yum deplist hardening-check
This command will show you the dependencies for hardening-check. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update hardening-check
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hardening-check. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.