Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Build and Test AIDE Database
Run the following command to generate a new database: <pre>$ sudo /usr/sbin/aide --init</pre> By default, the database will be written to the fil...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Periodic Execution of AIDE
At a minimum, AIDE should be configured to run a weekly scan. To implement a daily execution of AIDE at 4:05am using cron, add the following line t...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Notification of Post-AIDE Scan Details
AIDE should notify appropriate personnel of the details of a scan after the scan has been run. If AIDE has already been configured for periodic exe...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure AIDE to Use FIPS 140-2 for Validating Hashes
By default, the <code>sha512</code> option is added to the <code>NORMAL</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>sha512</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure AIDE to Verify Access Control Lists (ACLs)
By default, the <code>acl</code> option is added to the <code>FIPSR</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>acl</code> optio...Rule Low Severity -
Configure AIDE to Verify Extended Attributes
By default, the <code>xattrs</code> option is added to the <code>FIPSR</code> ruleset in AIDE. If using a custom ruleset or the <code>xattrs</code>...Rule Low Severity -
The age of McAfee defintion file before requiring updating
Specify the amount of time (in seconds) before McAfee definition files need to be updated.Value -
Enable nails Service
The <code>nails</code> service is used to run McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux and McAfee Host-based Security System (HBSS) services. The <co...Rule Medium Severity -
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a computer security standard which is developed by the U.S. Government and industry working g...Group -
Install the dracut-fips-aesni Package
To enable FIPS on system that support the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or New Instructions (AES-NI) engine, the system requires that the <cod...Rule Medium Severity
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