Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Remove Host-Based Authentication Files
The <code>shosts.equiv</code> file lists remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system. To remove these files, run the following comm...Rule High Severity -
Remove Rsh Trust Files
The files <code>/etc/hosts.equiv</code> and <code>~/.rhosts</code> (in each user's home directory) list remote hosts and users that are trusted by ...Rule High Severity -
Remove User Host-Based Authentication Files
The <code>~/.shosts</code> (in each user's home directory) files list remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system. To remove these ...Rule High Severity -
Chat/Messaging Services
The talk software makes it possible for users to send and receive messages across systems through a terminal session.Group -
Uninstall talk-server Package
Thetalk-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase talk-server
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Uninstall talk Package
The <code>talk</code> package contains the client program for the Internet talk protocol, which allows the user to chat with other users on differe...Rule Medium Severity -
Telnet
The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication informat...Group -
Uninstall telnet-server Package
Thetelnet-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase telnet-server
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Remove telnet Clients
The telnet client allows users to start connections to other systems via the telnet protocol.Rule Low Severity -
Disable telnet Service
Make sure that the activation of the <code>telnet</code> service on system boot is disabled. The <code>telnet</code> socket can be disabled with t...Rule High Severity -
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 -
Disable Squid
Thesquid
service can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now squid.service
Rule Unknown Severity -
Uninstall tftp-server Package
Thetftp-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase tftp-server
Rule High Severity -
Remove tftp Daemon
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple file transfer protocol, typically used to automatically transfer configuration or boot files betw...Rule Low Severity -
Disable tftp Service
The <code>tftp</code> service should be disabled. The <code>tftp</code> service can be disabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl ...Rule High Severity -
Ensure tftp Daemon Uses Secure Mode
If running the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) service is necessary, it should be configured to change its root directory at startup. To do s...Rule Medium Severity -
Print Support
The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) service provides both local and network printing support. A system running the CUPS service can accept print...Group -
Uninstall CUPS Package
Thecups
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase cups
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Disable the CUPS Service
Thecups
service can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now cups.service
Rule Unknown Severity
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