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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure Kubelet use of the Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Cryptographic Ciphers Available for Kubelet
    Value
  • Configure Kubelet to use secure TLS version

    Secure version of TLS available for configuring Kubelet
    Value
  • Configure Kubelet to use secure TLS version

    TLS versions available for configuring Kubelet, excluding insecure versions
    Value
  • Configure which node to scan based on role

    Configure which node to scan based on role
    Value
  • Configure which node to scan based on role

    Configure which node to scan based on role
    Value
  • Streaming Connection Timeout Options

    Time until connection timeouts. Use (s) for seconds, (m) for minutes, and (h) for hours.
    Value
  • Disable Anonymous Authentication to the Kubelet

    By default, anonymous access to the Kubelet server is enabled. This configuration check ensures that anonymous requests to the Kubelet server are d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure authorization is set to Webhook

    Unauthenticated/unauthorized users should have no access to OpenShift nodes. The Kubelet should be set to only allow Webhook authorization. To ensu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Configure the Client CA Certificate

    By default, the kubelet is not configured with a CA certificate which can subject the kubelet to man-in-the-middle attacks. To configure a client ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Hostname Override handling

    Normally, OpenShift lets the kubelet get the hostname from either the cloud provider itself, or from the node's hostname. This ensures that the PKI...
    Rule Low Severity

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