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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Uninstall the nis package

    The support for Yellowpages should not be installed unless it is required.
    Rule Low Severity
  • Uninstall the ntpdate package

    ntpdate is a historical ntp synchronization client for unixes. It sould be uninstalled.
    Rule Low Severity
  • Uninstall the ssl compliant telnet server

    The telnet daemon, even with ssl support, should be uninstalled.
    Rule High Severity
  • Uninstall the telnet server

    The telnet daemon should be uninstalled.
    Rule High Severity
  • DHCP

    The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows systems to request and obtain an IP address and other configuration parameters from a server....
    Group
  • Configure DHCP Client if Necessary

    If DHCP must be used, then certain configuration changes can minimize the amount of information it receives and applies from the network, and thus ...
    Group
  • Docker Service

    The docker service is necessary to create containers, which are self-sufficient and self-contained applications using the resource isolation fe...
    Group
  • Application Whitelisting Daemon

    Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputatio...
    Group
  • httpd Core Modules

    These modules comprise a basic subset of modules that are likely needed for base <code>httpd</code> functionality; ensure they are not commented ou...
    Group
  • Minimize the DHCP-Configured Options

    Create the file <code>/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf</code>, and add an appropriate setting for each of the ten configuration settings which can be obtain...
    Rule Unknown Severity

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