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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

  • The Chronyd service is enabled

    chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable the NTP Daemon

    As a user with administrator privileges, log into a node in the relevant pool: <pre> $ oc debug node/$NODE_NAME </pre> At the <pre>sh-4.4#</pre> p...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Telnet

    The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication informat...
    Group
  • TFTP Server

    TFTP is a lightweight version of the FTP protocol which has traditionally been used to configure networking equipment. However, TFTP provides littl...
    Group
  • TFTP server secure directory

    Specify the directory which is used by TFTP server as a root directory when running in secure mode.
    Value
  • Enable the NTP Daemon

    The <code>ntpd</code> service can be enabled with the following manifest: <pre> --- apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: Machine...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable chrony daemon from acting as server

    The <code>port</code> option in <code>/etc/chrony.conf</code> can be set to <code>0</code> to make chrony daemon to never open any listening port f...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable network management of chrony daemon

    The <code>cmdport</code> option in <code>/etc/chrony.conf</code> can be set to <code>0</code> to stop chrony daemon from listening on the UDP port ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval

    The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Specify Additional Remote NTP Servers

    Depending on specific functional requirements of a concrete production environment, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 system can be configured ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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