Hardened Linux
Winner: EnGarde Secure Linux, Guardian Digital, (866) GD-LINUX, (201) 934-9230. www.guardiandigital.com
Everything is going GUI, so why should hardened Linux distributions be any different? Now security doesn't have to involve arcane CLI (command-line interface) incantations and ber-knowledge of shell commands, because Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux offers the best of both management worlds--a Web-based GUI for most common configurations and patching, and a command line for fine-tuning and special needs.
With support for such common services as FTP, HTTP, POP3 and SMB, EnGarde will fit right into most networks. In addition, patching is greatly simplified through the Guardian Digital Secure Network, which notifies administrators of new patches (typically issued very quickly after a new vulnerability affecting EnGarde is found), then downloads and installs them.
Finalists:
Secure OS Software for Linux (discontinued in United States; available as HP Compartment Guard for Linux in Japan), Hewlett-Packard Co., (800) 633-3600. www.hp.com
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