We are now presenting InteractiveBastille, a much more advanced tool, which allows even inexperienced people to make choices on a large number of security-related parameters. Running all the wizards available may take up to an hour if you wish to do it carefully. But what is an hour compared to a break-in in your system?
To launch this tool, you need to run the command InteractiveBastille from a Terminal as root. It is part of the Bastille RPM package.
This tool is made of 14 wizards, each one in charge of a particular security aspect. The screen, an example of which you can see in figure 13-5, is made of five parts:
The menu has 16 entries: one for the title screen, 14 corresponding to the 14 wizards, and an End screen, where you can validate the choices made in all wizards and make them active on the machine.
The question asked.
An explanatory text about the question, read it carefully before answering.
The answer is either a simple Yes/No choice or a field to fill with values, as explained in the explanatory text.
The navigation buttons:
Previous: will return to the previous screen of the current wizard,
Next: goes to the next question of the current wizard,
Explain Less/More: ask for more or less information.
This then, is the preferred way to proceed:
Open each wizard in turn. You probably do not need to run them all, as the first question generally determines whether you need to run that wizard or not.
At the End Screen answer Yes to make your changes effective.
Test the main features of your machine, test that access is denied for unauthorized services. In a nutshell check that your new settings act as you expect them to act and that there are no annoying side effects.
You may have to run the tool again until you get the desired result.