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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Ensure network interfaces are assigned to appropriate zone

    Firewall zones define the trust level of network connections or interfaces. Note: Changing firewall settings while connected over network can resul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Inspect and Activate Default firewalld Rules

    Firewalls can be used to separate networks into different zones based on the level of trust the user has decided to place on the devices and traffi...
    Group
  • Install firewalld Package

    The firewalld package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install firewalld
    Rule Medium Severity
  • net.ipv6.conf.default.router_solicitations

    Accept all router solicitations by default?
    Value
  • daemons_use_tcp_wrapper SELinux Boolean

    default - Default SELinux boolean setting.
    on - SELinux boolean is enabled.
    off - SELinux boolean is disabled.
    Value

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