FAQ Group: FAQ

  • Error Messages Explained – Licensing & Registration

    The following are error messages explained. When registering a Linux system with the license server, these are the messages you might receive back. ERROR: Client ID unknown The above: The license number that was used to register the Linux system is not known to the license server. In other words, you’re using the wrong client…

  • Do these tools guarantee compliance?

    Compliance is typically reached when the regulatory body (or a delegate) deems it so. There are generally a combination of compliance sub-goals that need to be achieved in order to reach compliance. Some goals are technical while others are administrative. Our tools go a long way to assisting in the compliance journey. They solve specific…

  • Are these tools limited to Defence compliance?

    Defence compliance is a strong motivator for these tools, but they extend well past Defence. It’s common for industries to present standards by which participants must adhere. Capability Maturity Models and Frameworks like the Essential 8, Cyber Essentials, and the NIST CSF are well known to businesses and system administrators working towards a calculated target…

  • Can’t the System Administrator bypass these tools?

    This is an integrity problem, not a technical problem. A system administrator can (often) technically do anything they like. No matter which tools they use. So what can be done about this? Limit which users can become root (sudo). Log what system administrators do. And log centrally. Our tools log to the local syslog service.…

  • Why the focus on Linux?

    There’s three reasons: Linux servers are managed by Linux system administrators. Linux Sysadmin teams don’t generally concern themselves with Windows servers (if at all possible). Therefore offering a specific solution to the Linux system administrator is entirely sensible. Linux poses interesting an unique challenges to businesses. What works on Windows is typically not what works…