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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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
  • Verify Permissions On /etc/ipsec.conf File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/ipsec.conf, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/ipsec.conf
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions On /etc/ipsec.secrets File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/ipsec.secrets, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/ipsec.secrets
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Any Configured IPSec Tunnel Connections

    Libreswan provides an implementation of IPsec and IKE, which permits the creation of secure tunnels over untrusted networks. As such, IPsec can be ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects

    Toggle ICMP Redirect Acceptance By Default
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_source_route

    Trackers could be using source-routed packets to generate traffic that seems to be intra-net, but actually was created outside and has been redirec...
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.autoconf

    Enable auto configuration on IPv6 interfaces
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.max_addresses

    Maximum number of autoconfigured IPv6 addresses
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.router_solicitations

    Accept all router solicitations by default?
    Value
  • Install Smart Card Packages For Multifactor Authentication

    Configure the operating system to implement multifactor authentication by installing the required package with the following command:
    Rule Medium Severity

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