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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Enable Smartcards in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SSSD Has a Correct Trust Anchor

    SSSD must have acceptable trust anchor present.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials

    SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. To configure SSSD to expire offline credentials, set <code>offline_credential...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • USBGuard daemon

    The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.
    Group
  • Install usbguard Package

    The usbguard package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo dnf install usbguard
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable the USBGuard Service

    The USBGuard service should be enabled. The <code>usbguard</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl enable ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Log USBGuard daemon audit events using Linux Audit

    To configure USBGuard daemon to log via Linux Audit (as opposed directly to a file), <code>AuditBackend</code> option in <code>/etc/usbguard/usbgua...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Generate USBGuard Policy

    By default USBGuard when enabled prevents access to all USB devices and this lead to inaccessible system if they use USB mouse/keyboard. To prevent...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • X Window System

    The X Window System implementation included with the system is called X.org.
    Group
  • Disable X Windows

    Unless there is a mission-critical reason for the system to run a graphical user interface, ensure X is not set to start automatically at boot and ...
    Group
  • Remove the X Windows Package Group

    By removing the xorg-x11-server-common package, the system no longer has X Windows installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system cannot ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable graphical user interface

    By removing the following packages, the system no longer has X Windows installed. <code>xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-server-common xorg-x11-serv...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable X Windows Startup By Setting Default Target

    Systems that do not require a graphical user interface should only boot by default into <code>multi-user.target</code> mode. This prevents accident...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Accounting with auditd

    The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and c...
    Group
  • Install audispd-plugins Package

    The audispd-plugins package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo dnf install audispd-plugins
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the audit-libs package as a part of audit Subsystem is Installed

    The audit-libs package should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the audit Subsystem is Installed

    The audit package should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable auditd Service

    The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Auditing for Processes Which Start Prior to the Audit Daemon

    To ensure all processes can be audited, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit=1</code> to the default GRUB...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Extend Audit Backlog Limit for the Audit Daemon

    To improve the kernel capacity to queue all log events, even those which occurred prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit_backlog_l...
    Rule Low Severity

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