Guide to the Secure Configuration of Alibaba Cloud Linux 2
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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NFS and RPC
The Network File System is a popular distributed filesystem for the Unix environment, and is very widely deployed. This section discusses the circumstances under which it is possible to disable NF...Group -
Disable All NFS Services if Possible
If there is not a reason for the system to operate as either an NFS client or an NFS server, follow all instructions in this section to disable subsystems required by NFS.Group -
Disable netfs if Possible
To determine if any network filesystems handled by netfs are currently mounted on the system execute the following command: <pre>$ mount -t nfs,nfs4,smbfs,cifs,ncpfs</pre> If the command did not re...Group -
Disable Network File Systems (netfs)
The netfs script manages the boot-time mounting of several types of networked filesystems, of which NFS and Samba are the most common. If these filesystem types are not in use, the script can be di...Rule Unknown Severity -
Disable Services Used Only by NFS
If NFS is not needed, disable the NFS client daemons nfslock, rpcgssd, and rpcidmapd. <br> <br> All of these daemons run with elevated privileges, and many listen for network connections. I...Group -
Configure NFS Servers
The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS servers.Group -
Ensure All-Squashing Disabled On All Exports
The <code>all_squash</code> maps all uids and gids to an anonymous user. This should be disabled by removing any instances of the <code>all_squash</code> option from the file <code>/etc/exports</co...Rule Low Severity -
Network Time Protocol
The Network Time Protocol is used to manage the system clock over a network. Computer clocks are not very accurate, so time will drift unpredictably on unmanaged systems. Central time protocols can...Group -
Vendor Approved Time Servers
The list of vendor-approved time serversValue -
Install the ntp service
The ntpd service should be installed.Rule High Severity
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