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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

  • System Accounting with auditd

    The audit service provides substantial capabilities for recording system activities. By default, the service audits about SELinux AVC denials and c...
    Group
  • Enable auditd Service

    The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Extend Audit Backlog Limit for the Audit Daemon

    To improve the kernel capacity to queue all log events, even those which occurred prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit_backlog_l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Auditing for Processes Which Start Prior to the Audit Daemon

    To ensure all processes can be audited, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit=1</code> to all BLS (Boot Lo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure auditd Rules for Comprehensive Auditing

    The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section describes recommended configuration settings ...
    Group
  • Audit failure mode

    This variable is the setting for the -f option in Audit configuration which sets the failure mode of audit. This option lets you determine how you ...
    Value
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via open syscall - /etc/group

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/group file for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via open_by_handle_at syscall - /etc/group

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/group file for all group and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via openat syscall - /etc/group

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/group file for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via open syscall - /etc/gshadow

    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/gshadow file for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use th...
    Rule Medium Severity

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