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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 11

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  • Export Filesystems Read-Only if Possible

    If a filesystem is being exported so that users can view the files in a convenient fashion, but there is no need for users to edit those files, exp...
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  • Disable SSH Server If Possible

    The SSH server service, sshd, is commonly needed. However, if it can be disabled, do so. This is unusual, as SSH is a common method for encrypted ...
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  • Use Access Lists to Enforce Authorization Restrictions

    When configuring NFS exports, ensure that each export line in <code>/etc/exports</code> contains a list of hosts which are allowed to access that e...
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  • 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 unpredictabl...
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  • Vendor Approved Time pools

    The list of vendor-approved pool servers
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  • Vendor Approved Time Servers

    The list of vendor-approved time servers
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  • Maximum NTP or Chrony Poll

    The maximum NTP or Chrony poll interval number in seconds specified as a power of two.
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  • The Chrony package is installed

    System time should be synchronized between all systems in an environment. This is typically done by establishing an authoritative time server or se...
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  • Install the ntp service

    The ntpd service should be installed.
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  • The Chronyd service is enabled

    chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a ...
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  • Enable the NTP Daemon

    The ntp service can be enabled with the following command: 
    $ sudo systemctl enable ntp.service
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  • Ensure Chrony is only configured with the server directive

    Check that Chrony only has time sources configured with the server directive.
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  • A remote time server for Chrony is configured

    <code>Chrony</code> is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of s...
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  • Obsolete Services

    This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...
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  • Xinetd

    The <code>xinetd</code> service acts as a dedicated listener for some network services (mostly, obsolete ones) and can be used to provide access co...
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  • NIS

    The Network Information Service (NIS), also known as 'Yellow Pages' (YP), and its successor NIS+ have been made obsolete by Kerberos, LDAP, and oth...
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  • Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec

    The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.
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  • Remove Rsh Trust Files

    The files <code>/etc/hosts.equiv</code> and <code>~/.rhosts</code> (in each user's home directory) list remote hosts and users that are trusted by ...
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  • Chat/Messaging Services

    The talk software makes it possible for users to send and receive messages across systems through a terminal session.
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  • Telnet

    The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication informat...
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