debian-cis vs pam-u2f

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debian-cis		pam-u2f
	Project
3	Mentions	3
663	Stars	517
7.3%	Growth	1.5%
7.3	Activity	6.0
17 days ago	Latest Commit	25 days ago
Shell	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

debian-cis

Posts with mentions or reviews of debian-cis. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-06.

Q: How many have actually secured thier server?
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 3 May 2023
Any tool to check the security of my server?
6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 6 Jan 2023

I normally use debian-cis: https://github.com/ovh/debian-cis
Basic Server Hardening Steps
5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Jun 2021

pam-u2f

Posts with mentions or reviews of pam-u2f. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-13.

I have seen in a lot of posts here people say not to use Google Authentication for 2FA. Can someone simply explain why, and what should I use instead?
2 projects | /r/Bitwarden | 13 Apr 2023
Is there a linux equivalent to Windows Hello?
3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 2 Apr 2023
Any tool to check the security of my server?
6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 6 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing debian-cis and pam-u2f you can also consider the following projects:

ansible-collection-hardening - This Ansible collection provides battle tested hardening for Linux, SSH, nginx, MySQL

virtual-fido - A Virtual FIDO2 USB Device

hardening - Hardening Ubuntu. Systemd edition.

lynis - Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.

http-observatory - Mozilla HTTP Observatory

How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server - An evolving how-to guide for securing a Linux server.

yubikey-full-disk-encryption - Use YubiKey to unlock a LUKS partition

Whonix - Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It's based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and security by isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, and not even malware with root privileges can find out the user's real IP. https://www.whonix.org

bastion - 🔒Secure Bastion implemented as Docker Container running Alpine Linux with Google Authenticator & DUO MFA support

prowler - Prowler is an Open Source Security tool for AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes to do security assessments, audits, incident response, compliance, continuous monitoring, hardening and forensics readiness. Includes CIS, NIST 800, NIST CSF, CISA, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, FFIEC, SOC2, GXP, Well-Architected Security, ENS and more