Skip to content
ATO Pathways
  Log In

Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Fedora installs o...
    Group
    Show

  • Apport Service

    The Apport service provides debugging and crash reporting features on Ubuntu distributions.
    Group
    Show

  • APT service configuration

    The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...
    Group
    Show

  • Avahi Server

    The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...
    Group
    Show

  • Configure Avahi if Necessary

    If your system requires the Avahi daemon, its configuration can be restricted to improve security. The Avahi daemon configuration file is <code>/et...
    Group
    Show

  • Disable Avahi Publishing

    To prevent Avahi from publishing its records, edit <code>/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf</code> and ensure the following line appears in the <code>[pu...
    Rule Low Severity
    Show

  • Disable Avahi Server if Possible

    Because the Avahi daemon service keeps an open network port, it is subject to network attacks. Disabling it can reduce the system's vulnerability t...
    Group
    Show

  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Fedora default installation which are not covered in other sections. Some of these...
    Group
    Show

  • Uninstall Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (abrt)

    The Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (<code>abrt</code>) collects and reports crash data when an application crash is detected. Using a variety of plug...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Cron and At Daemons

    The cron and at services are used to allow commands to be executed at a later time. The cron service is required by almost all systems to perform n...
    Group
    Show

  • Install the cron service

    The Cron service should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Enable cron Service

    The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Enable cron Service

    The <code>crond</code> service is used to execute commands at preconfigured times. It is required by almost all systems to perform necessary mainte...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Disable At Service (atd)

    The <code>at</code> and <code>batch</code> commands can be used to schedule tasks that are meant to be executed only once. This allows delayed exec...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Disable anacron Service

    The <code>cronie-anacron</code> package, which provides <code>anacron</code> functionality, is installed by default. The <code>cronie-anacron</cod...
    Rule Unknown Severity
    Show

  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.d

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.d, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.d
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • LDAP

    LDAP is a popular directory service, that is, a standardized way of looking up information from a central database. Fedora includes software that e...
    Group
    Show

  • Verify Group Who Owns cron.daily

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/cron.daily, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/cron.daily
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • Kerberos

    The Kerberos protocol is used for authentication across non-secure network. Authentication can happen between various types of principals -- users,...
    Group
    Show

  • Uninstall the inet-based telnet server

    The inet-based telnet daemon should be uninstalled.
    Rule High Severity
    Show

Node 2

siemur/test-space

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

Capacity
Modules