Guide to the Secure Configuration of Oracle Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Verify Ownership of /etc/hosts.deny
To properly set the owner of/etc/hosts.deny
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/hosts.deny
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Verify Permissions on /etc/hosts.allow
To properly set the permissions of/etc/hosts.allow
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/hosts.allow
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Verify Permissions on /etc/hosts.deny
To properly set the permissions of/etc/hosts.deny
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/hosts.deny
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NIS
The Network Information Service (NIS), also known as 'Yellow Pages' (YP), and its successor NIS+ have been made obsolete by Kerberos, LDAP, and oth...Group -
Uninstall talk-server Package
Thetalk-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase talk-server
Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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.
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