How To Install hardening-check on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardening-check on CentOS 7.
What is hardening-check
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
We can use yum or dnf to install hardening-check on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hardening-check.
Install hardening-check on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hardening-check using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hardening-check
Install hardening-check on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hardening-check using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hardening-check
How To Uninstall hardening-check on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hardening-check package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hardening-check
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hardening-check on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.