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diff --git a/system/audit/README b/system/audit/README index 59dba16797..72284d18d0 100644 --- a/system/audit/README +++ b/system/audit/README @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ Audit for Slackware -The Linux Auditing System is a kernel subsystem the allows the kernel to -record events of interest to intrusion detection systems, such as file -access attempts, specific system calls, or custom events generated by -trusted system binaries like login or sshd. The audit package provides the -tools to configure the audit system, and to collect and process its output. +The Linux Auditing System is a kernel subsystem the allows the +kernel to record events of interest to intrusion detection systems, +such as file access attempts, specific system calls, or custom events +generated by trusted system binaries like login or sshd. The audit +package provides the tools to configure the audit system, and to +collect and process its output. -To collect audit events, your kernel must have the audit system enabled, -which is present in the stock Slackware kernels. +To collect audit events, your kernel must have the audit system +enabled, which is present in the stock Slackware kernels. -The audit package has no other dependencies. However, certain audit events -of interest, such as failed login attempts from /bin/login, password changes, -etcetera are generated by their respective binaries using libaudit. If your -site policy requires auditing those events, some reconfiguration and/or -patching may be required. +The audit package has no other dependencies. However, certain audit +events of interest, such as failed login attempts from /bin/login, +password changes, etcetera are generated by their respective binaries +using libaudit. If your site policy requires auditing those events, +some reconfiguration and/or patching may be required. |