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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure NFS Servers

    The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS servers.
    Group
  • Use Kerberos Security on All Exports

    Using Kerberos on all exported mounts prevents a malicious client or user from impersonating a system user. To cryptography authenticate users to t...
    Rule Medium 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 unpredictabl...
    Group
  • Vendor Approved Time pools

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

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

    The maximum NTP or Chrony poll interval number in seconds specified as a power of two.
    Value
  • Interactive users initialization files

    'A regular expression describing a list of file names for files that are sourced at login time for interactive users'
    Value
  • Ensure Home Directories are Created for New Users

    All local interactive user accounts, upon creation, should be assigned a home directory. <br> <br> Configure the operating system to assign...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the Logon Failure Delay is Set Correctly in login.defs

    To ensure the logon failure delay controlled by <code>/etc/login.defs</code> is set properly, add or correct the <code>FAIL_DELAY</code> setting in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Sudo - timestamp_timeout value

    Defines the number of minutes that can elapse before <code>sudo</code> will ask for a passwd again. If set to a value less than 0 the user's time s...
    Value
  • Sudo - umask value

    Specify the sudo umask to use. The actual umask value that is used is the union of the user's umask and the sudo umask. The default sudo umask is 0...
    Value
  • Install sudo Package

    The sudo package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo dnf install sudo
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/sudoers.d Directory

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

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

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/sudoers.d, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0750 /etc/sudoers.d
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Uninstall gssproxy Package

    The gssproxy package can be removed with the following command:
    $ sudo dnf remove gssproxy
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Action for auditd to take when disk errors

    'The setting for disk_error_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|hal...
    Value
  • Action for auditd to take when disk is full

    'The setting for disk_full_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|halt...
    Value
  • Auditd priority for flushing data to disk

    The setting for flush in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value
  • Number of Record to Retain Before Flushing to Disk

    The setting for freq in /etc/audit/auditd.conf
    Value

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