Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Set SSH authentication attempt limit
The <code>MaxAuthTries</code> parameter specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per connection. Once the number of failur...Rule Medium Severity -
Log USBGuard daemon audit events using Linux Audit
To configure USBGuard daemon to log via Linux Audit (as opposed directly to a file), <code>AuditBackend</code> option in <code>/etc/usbguard/usbgua...Rule Low Severity -
Ensure SSH MaxStartups is configured
The MaxStartups parameter specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections to the SSH daemon. Additional connections will be ...Rule Medium Severity -
Distribute the SSH Server configuration to multiple files in a config directory.
Make sure to have the <code>Include /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf</code> line in the <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> file. Ideally, don't have an...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Use of Privilege Separation
When enabled, SSH will create an unprivileged child process that has the privilege of the authenticated user. To enable privilege separation in SSH...Rule Medium Severity -
SSH server uses strong entropy to seed
To set up SSH server to use entropy from a high-quality source, edit the <code>/etc/sysconfig/sshd</code> file. The <code>SSH_USE_STRONG_RNG</code>...Rule Low Severity -
Prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display
The SSH daemon should prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display. <br> The default SSH configuration for <code>X11UseLocalhost</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Strengthen Firewall Configuration if Possible
If the SSH server is expected to only receive connections from the local network, then strengthen the default firewall rule for the SSH service to ...Group -
System Security Services Daemon
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...Group -
SSSD certificate_verification option
Value of the certificate_verification option in the SSSD config.Value
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