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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 ntpdate Service (ntpdate)

    The <code>ntpdate</code> service sets the local hardware clock by polling NTP servers when the system boots. It synchronizes to the NTP servers lis...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Odd Job Daemon (oddjobd)

    The <code>oddjobd</code> service exists to provide an interface and access control mechanism through which specified privileged tasks can run tasks...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Portreserve (portreserve)

    The <code>portreserve</code> service is a TCP port reservation utility that can be used to prevent portmap from binding to well known TCP ports tha...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Apache Qpid (qpidd)

    The <code>qpidd</code> service provides high speed, secure, guaranteed delivery services. It is an implementation of the Advanced Message Queuing ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Quota Netlink (quota_nld)

    The <code>quota_nld</code> service provides notifications to users of disk space quota violations. It listens to the kernel via a netlink socket fo...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Network Router Discovery Daemon (rdisc)

    The <code>rdisc</code> service implements the client side of the ICMP Internet Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP), which allows discovery of routers ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Kerberos

    The Kerberos protocol is used for authentication across non-secure network. Authentication can happen between various types of principals -- users,...
    Group
  • Disable Red Hat Network Service (rhnsd)

    The Red Hat Network service automatically queries Red Hat Network servers to determine whether there are any actions that should be executed, such ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Red Hat Subscription Manager Daemon (rhsmcertd)

    The Red Hat Subscription Manager (rhsmcertd) periodically checks for changes in the entitlement certificates for a registered system and updates it...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Cyrus SASL Authentication Daemon (saslauthd)

    The <code>saslauthd</code> service handles plaintext authentication requests on behalf of the SASL library. The service isolates all code requiring...
    Rule Low Severity

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