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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

  • iptables and ip6tables

    A host-based firewall called <code>netfilter</code> is included as part of the Linux kernel distributed with the system. It is activated by default. This firewall is controlled by the program <code...
    Group
  • Verify ip6tables Enabled if Using IPv6

    The <code>ip6tables</code> service can be enabled with the following manifest: <pre> --- apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfigu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify iptables Enabled

    The <code>iptables</code> service can be enabled with the following manifest: <pre> --- apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfigur...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Set Default ip6tables Policy for Incoming Packets

    To set the default policy to DROP (instead of ACCEPT) for the built-in INPUT chain which processes incoming packets, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables</code>: <pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable IPv6 Networking Support Automatic Loading

    To prevent the IPv6 kernel module (<code>ipv6</code>) from binding to the IPv6 networking stack, add the following line to <code>/etc/modprobe.d/disabled.conf</code> (or another file in <code>/etc/...
    Rule Medium Severity

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