Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Configure Postfix Resource Usage to Limit Denial of Service Attacks
Edit <code>/etc/postfix/main.cf</code>. Edit the following lines to configure the amount of system resources Postfix can consume: <pre>default_proc...Group -
Control Mail Relaying
Postfix's mail relay controls are implemented with the help of the smtpd recipient restrictions option, which controls the restrictions placed on t...Group -
Enact SMTP Recipient Restrictions
To configure Postfix to restrict addresses to which it will send mail, see: <a href="http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html#danger">h...Group -
Enact SMTP Relay Restrictions
To configure Postfix to restrict addresses to which it will send mail, see: <a href="http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html#danger">h...Group -
Verify Ownership on SSH Server Public *.pub Key Files
SSH server public keys, files that match the/etc/ssh/*.pub
glob, must be owned byroot
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Use TLS for SMTP AUTH
Postfix provides options to use TLS for certificate-based authentication and encrypted sessions. An encrypted session protects the information that...Group -
Configure Trusted Networks and Hosts
Edit <code>/etc/postfix/main.cf</code>, and configure the contents of the <code>mynetworks</code> variable in one of the following ways: <ul> <li>I...Group -
Require SMTP AUTH Before Relaying from Untrusted Clients
SMTP authentication allows remote clients to relay mail safely by requiring them to authenticate before submitting mail. Postfix's SMTP AUTH uses a...Group -
NFS and RPC
The Network File System is a popular distributed filesystem for the Unix environment, and is very widely deployed. This section discusses the circ...Group -
Uninstall nfs-utils Package
Thenfs-utils
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo dnf erase nfs-utils
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