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
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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
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iptables and ip6tables
A host-based firewall called <code>netfilter</code> is included as part of the Linux kernel distributed with the system. It is activated by default...Group -
Verify Group Who Owns /etc/iptables Directory
To properly set the group owner of/etc/iptables
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/iptables
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Verify User Who Owns /etc/iptables Directory
To properly set the owner of/etc/iptables
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/iptables
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Verify Permissions On /etc/iptables Directory
To properly set the permissions of/etc/iptables
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/iptables
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IPv6
The system includes support for Internet Protocol version 6. A major and often-mentioned improvement over IPv4 is its enormous increase in the numb...Group
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