Guide to the Secure Configuration of Debian 11
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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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, a...Group -
Configure All Systems which Use NFS
The steps in this section are appropriate for all systems which run NFS, whether they operate as clients or as servers.Group -
Make Each System a Client or a Server, not Both
If NFS must be used, it should be deployed in the simplest configuration possible to avoid maintainability problems which may lead to unnecessary s...Group -
Configure NFS Services to Use Fixed Ports (NFSv3 and NFSv2)
Firewalling should be done at each host and at the border firewalls to protect the NFS daemons from remote access, since NFS servers should never b...Group -
Configure NFS Clients
The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS clients.Group -
Disable NFS Server Daemons
There is no need to run the NFS server daemons <code>nfs</code> and <code>rpcsvcgssd</code> except on a small number of properly secured systems de...Group -
Mount Remote Filesystems with Restrictive Options
Edit the file <code>/etc/fstab</code>. For each filesystem whose type (column 3) is <code>nfs</code> or <code>nfs4</code>, add the text <code>,node...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<...Rule Low Severity -
Configure the Exports File Restrictively
Linux's NFS implementation uses the file <code>/etc/exports</code> to control what filesystems and directories may be accessed via NFS. (See the <c...Group
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