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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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  • Set Default firewalld Zone for Incoming Packets

    To set the default zone to <code>drop</code> for the built-in default zone which processes incoming IPv4 and IPv6 packets, modify the following lin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • IPSec Support

    Support for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is provided with Libreswan.
    Group
  • Install libreswan Package

    The libreswan package provides an implementation of IPsec and IKE, which permits the creation of secure tunnels over untrusted networks. The <code>...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/ipsec.d Directory

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/ipsec.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/ipsec.d
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/ipsec.d Directory

    To properly set the owner of /etc/ipsec.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/ipsec.d 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions On /etc/ipsec.d Directory

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/ipsec.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/ipsec.d
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/ipsec.conf File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/ipsec.conf, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/ipsec.conf
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/ipsec.secrets File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/ipsec.secrets, run the command:
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/ipsec.secrets
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/ipsec.conf File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/ipsec.conf, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/ipsec.conf 
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/ipsec.secrets File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/ipsec.secrets, run the command:
    $ sudo chown root /etc/ipsec.secrets 
    Rule Medium Severity

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