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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# kconfig-hardened-check
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@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ make our systems more secure.
But nobody likes checking configs manually. So let the computers do their job!
-__kconfig-hardened-check__ helps me to check the Linux kernel options
-against my security hardening preferences, which are based on the
+__kconfig-hardened-check__ is a tool for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel.
+The recommendations are based on
- [KSPP recommended settings][1]
- [CLIP OS kernel configuration][2]
@@ -63,22 +63,20 @@ Some Linux distributions also provide `kconfig-hardened-check` as a package.
## Usage
```
-usage: kconfig-hardened-check [-h] [--version] [-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}]
- [-c CONFIG]
- [-l CMDLINE]
+usage: kconfig-hardened-check [-h] [--version] [-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}] [-c CONFIG] [-l CMDLINE]
[-m {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}]
A tool for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel
-optional arguments:
+options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-p {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}, --print {X86_64,X86_32,ARM64,ARM}
- print security hardening preferences for the selected architecture
+ print security hardening options for the selected architecture
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
- check the kernel kconfig file against these preferences
+ check security hardening options in the kernel kconfig file (also supports *.gz files)
-l CMDLINE, --cmdline CMDLINE
- check the kernel cmdline file against these preferences
+ check security hardening options in the kernel cmdline file
-m {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}, --mode {verbose,json,show_ok,show_fail}
choose the report mode
```