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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 10

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify User Who Owns /etc/iptables Directory

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

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/iptables, run the command:
    $ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/iptables
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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
  • Configure IPv6 Settings if Necessary

    A major feature of IPv6 is the extent to which systems implementing it can automatically configure their networking devices using information from ...
    Group
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_defrtr

    Accept default router in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_pinfo

    Accept prefix information in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_rtr_pref

    Accept router preference in router advertisements?
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects

    Toggle ICMP Redirect Acceptance
    Value
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.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.all.autoconf

    Enable auto configuration on IPv6 interfaces
    Value

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