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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Fedora

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Wireless Networking

    Wireless networking, such as 802.11 (WiFi) and Bluetooth, can present a security risk to sensitive or classified systems and networks. Wireless net...
    Group
  • Nftables Families

    Netfilter enables filtering at multiple networking levels. With iptables there is a separate tool for each level: iptables, ip6tables, arptables, ...
    Value
  • Nftables Master configuration file

    The file which contains top level configuration for nftables service, and with which, the service is started.
    Value
  • Nftables Tables

    Tables in nftables hold chains. Each table only has one address family and only applies to packets of this family. Tables can have one of six fami...
    Value
  • Verify nftables Service is Disabled

    nftables is a subsystem of the Linux kernel providing filtering and classification of network packets/datagrams/frames and is the successor to ipta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SuSEfirewall2

    The SuSEfirewall2 provides a managed firewall.
    Group
  • Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw)

    The Linux kernel in Ubuntu provides a packet filtering system called netfilter, and the traditional interface for manipulating netfilter are the ip...
    Group
  • Verify ufw Enabled

    The ufw service can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable ufw.service
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Uncommon Network Protocols

    The system includes support for several network protocols which are not commonly used. Although security vulnerabilities in kernel networking code ...
    Group
  • Disable ATM Support

    The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a protocol operating on network, data link, and physical layers, based on virtual circuits and virtual path...
    Rule Medium Severity

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