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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

  • Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records

    Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and UNIX domain sockets enables this utility to suppo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable logrotate Timer

    The logrotate timer can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable logrotate.timer
    Rule Medium Severity
  • boinc_execmem SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value
  • Ensure Log Files Are Owned By Appropriate User

    The owner of all log files written by <code>rsyslog</code> should be <code>root</code>. These log files are determined by the second part of each...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure System Log Files Have Correct Permissions

    The file permissions for all log files written by <code>rsyslog</code> should be set to 640, or more restrictive. These log files are determined by...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • systemd-journald

    systemd-journald is a system service that collects and stores logging data. It creates and maintains structured, indexed journals based on logging ...
    Group
  • Enable systemd-journald Service

    The <code>systemd-journald</code> service is an essential component of systemd. The <code>systemd-journald</code> service can be enabled with the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Group Who Owns the system journal

    To properly set the group owner of <code>/var/log/journal/.*/system.journal</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chgrp systemd-journal /var/log/jo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Owner on the system journal

    To properly set the owner of <code>/var/log/journal/.*/system.journal</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /var/log/journal/.*/system.j...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify Permissions on the system journal

    To properly set the permissions of <code>/var/log/journal/.*/system.journal</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chmod 0640 /var/log/journal/.*/sy...
    Rule Medium Severity

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