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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure DHCP Client if Necessary

    If DHCP must be used, then certain configuration changes can minimize the amount of information it receives and applies from the network, and thus ...
    Group
  • Minimize the DHCP-Configured Options

    Create the file <code>/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf</code>, and add an appropriate setting for each of the ten configuration settings which can be obtain...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure DHCP Server

    If the system must act as a DHCP server, the configuration information it serves should be minimized. Also, support for other protocols and DNS-upd...
    Group
  • Configure Logging

    Ensure that the following line exists in <code>/etc/rsyslog.conf</code>: <pre>daemon.* /var/log/daemon.log</pre> Configure logwatch or ot...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Deny BOOTP Queries

    Unless your network needs to support older BOOTP clients, disable support for the bootp protocol by adding or correcting the global option: <pre>de...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Deny Decline Messages

    Edit <code>/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf</code> and add or correct the following global option to prevent the DHCP server from responding the DHCPDECLINE me...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Do Not Use Dynamic DNS

    To prevent the DHCP server from receiving DNS information from clients, edit <code>/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf</code>, and add or correct the following gl...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Minimize Served Information

    Edit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf. Examine each address range section within the file, and ensure that the following options are not defined unless there i...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable DHCP Client

    DHCP is the default network configuration method provided by the system installer, and common on many networks. Nevertheless, manual management of ...
    Group
  • Disable DHCP Client in ifcfg

    For each interface on the system (e.g. eth0), edit <code>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<i>interface</i></code> and make the following change...
    Rule Unknown Severity

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