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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Zeroconf Networking

    Zeroconf networking allows the system to assign itself an IP address and engage in IP communication without a statically-assigned address or even a...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Prevent non-Privileged Users from Modifying Network Interfaces using nmcli

    By default, non-privileged users are given permissions to modify networking interfaces and configurations using the <code>nmcli</code> command. Non...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure System is Not Acting as a Network Sniffer

    The system should not be acting as a network sniffer, which can capture all traffic on the network to which it is connected. Run the following to d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • firewalld

    The dynamic firewall daemon <code>firewalld</code> provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network “zones” to assign a level of tr...
    Group
  • Configure Firewalld to Use the Nftables Backend

    Firewalld can be configured with many backends, such as nftables.
    Rule Medium Severity

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