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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • USBGuard daemon

    The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.
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  • Install usbguard Package

    The usbguard package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install usbguard
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  • Enable the USBGuard Service

    The USBGuard service should be enabled. The <code>usbguard</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl enable ...
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  • Authorize Human Interface Devices and USB hubs in USBGuard daemon

    To allow authorization of USB devices combining human interface device and hub capabilities by USBGuard daemon, add the line <code>allow with-inter...
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  • Authorize USB hubs in USBGuard daemon

    To allow authorization of USB hub devices by USBGuard daemon, add line <code>allow with-interface match-all { 09:00:* }</code> to <code>/etc/usbgua...
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  • Generate USBGuard Policy

    By default USBGuard when enabled prevents access to all USB devices and this lead to inaccessible system if they use USB mouse/keyboard. To prevent...
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  • X Window System

    The X Window System implementation included with the system is called X.org.
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  • Disable X Windows

    Unless there is a mission-critical reason for the system to run a graphical user interface, ensure X is not set to start automatically at boot and ...
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  • Remove the X Windows Package Group

    By removing the xorg-x11-server-common package, the system no longer has X Windows installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system cannot ...
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  • Disable graphical user interface

    By removing the following packages, the system no longer has X Windows installed. <code>xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-server-common xorg-x11-serv...
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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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