Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/hardenedlinux/STIG-4-Debian

README.md

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ Benchmark Date: 27 Feb 2017
 
 ## Upgrade
 
-It has been a long time since we update STIG for Debian's framework. I think it's time to upgrade for the comming of Debian 9 stable release.
+It has been a long time since we have updated STIG for Debian's framework. I think it's time to upgrade for the release of Debian 9 stable.
 
 ## HTML report output supported
 
-For easy to read reports, we decided to output to HTML for the primary (and for now, only) option.
+For easy to read reports, we decided to output to HTML as the primary (and for now, only) option.
 
-Thanks to the author [zavoloklom](https://github.com/zavoloklom) for the html table template
+Thanks to the author [zavoloklom](https://github.com/zavoloklom) for the HTML table template
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ Ported from DISA RHEL 7 STIG
 
 ## How to get involved
 
-This time is only new framework release only. Not much check rule has been port from DISA RHEL 7 STIG for now.
+This is a new framework release only. Not many check rules have been ported from DISA RHEL 7 STIG yet.
 
-We(and you) will fill it up soon.
+We (and you) will fill it up soon.
 
 ### How to add check rule:
-  1. Create new check script file in scripts directory for new check rule, and implementation.
+  1. Create a new check script file in the scripts directory for the new check rule and implementation.
   1. Move new check rule description to stig-debian-9.txt.
   1. Call the check script file in stig-4-debian.sh, as follows:
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ spinner $!
 output "SV-id_rule" $?
 ```
 
-### How to del check rule:
+### How to delete a check rule:
   1. Delete check rule description from stig-debian-9.txt.  
   1. Delete the check script file in the scripts directory.  
   1. Delete calls the check script line in stig-4-debian.sh.  
@@ -75,24 +75,24 @@ spinner $!
 output "SV-86561r1_rule" $?
 ```
 
-This code snippet, we using a script name `check-nullok.sh` to check nullok in system-auth-ac and using exit status to determine the result of checking.
+In this code snippet, we using a script name `check-nullok.sh` to check nullok in system-auth-ac and use exit status to determine the results of the check:
 
 `spinner $!` is a small function for administrator to feel this script is running ;)
 
 `output "SV-86561r1_rule" $?` using `output` function to output.
 
-When the script is porting, the original text is from DISA RHEL 7 STIG and if some rule is RHEL 7 specific and you should using responding checking method in debian and update the textfile `stig-debian-9.txt`
+When the script is ported, note that the original text is from DISA RHEL 7 STIG. If some rule is RHEL 7 specific, you should use a corresponding check method in Debian and update the textfile `stig-debian-9.txt`.
 
-If you encounter some rule that you cannot easily write a small script to check. You can put this rule in `manual.txt`
+If you encounter some rule that you cannot easily write a small script to check. You can put this rule in `manual.txt`.
 
 
 #### Addition
 
-In `statics` directory `xml2text.sh` is a script that can extract the information we need from offcial STIG xml file, such as 'U_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_STIG_V1R1_Manual-xccdf.xml'. The original text file `stig-debian-9.txt` is copy from `stig-rhel-7.txt`. How to easily update STIG for Debian textfile when the offcial RHEL 7 STIG is under discussion.
+In the `statics` directory `xml2text.sh` is a script that can extract the information we need from offcial STIG XML file, such as 'U_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_STIG_V1R1_Manual-xccdf.xml'. The original text file `stig-debian-9.txt` is copy of `stig-rhel-7.txt`. How to easily update STIG for Debian textfile when the offcial RHEL 7 STIG changes is under discussion.
 
 #### Special Note:
 
-Selinux related items(not match):
+SELinux-related items (not matched):
 
 * SV-86663r1_rule
 * SV-86695r2_rule