Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Virtualization 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Install the ntp service
The ntpd service should be installed.Rule High Severity -
The Chronyd service is enabled
chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a ...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the NTP Daemon
Run the following command to determine the current status of the <code>chronyd</code> service: <pre>$ sudo systemctl is-active chronyd</pre> If t...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the NTP Daemon
Thentpd
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy...Rule Medium Severity -
Reboot Required
A system reboot is implicitly required after some actions in order to complete the reconfiguration of the system. In many cases, the changes will n...Group -
Specify Additional Remote NTP Servers
Depending on specific functional requirements of a concrete production environment, the Red Hat Virtualization 4 system can be configured to utiliz...Rule Medium Severity -
Specify a Remote NTP Server
Depending on specific functional requirements of a concrete production environment, the Red Hat Virtualization 4 system can be configured to utiliz...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Chrony is only configured with the server directive
Check that Chrony only has time sources configured with theserver
directive.Rule Medium Severity -
A remote time server for Chrony is configured
<code>Chrony</code> is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of s...Rule Medium Severity -
Specify Additional Remote NTP Servers
Additional NTP servers can be specified for time synchronization in the file <code>/etc/ntp.conf</code>. To do so, add additional lines of the fol...Rule Unknown Severity -
Specify a Remote NTP Server
To specify a remote NTP server for time synchronization, edit the file <code>/etc/ntp.conf</code>. Add or correct the following lines, substituting...Rule Medium Severity -
Obsolete Services
This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...Group -
Ensure rsyncd service is disabled
Thersyncd
service can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now rsyncd.service
Rule Medium Severity -
Remove NIS Client
The Network Information Service (NIS), formerly known as Yellow Pages, is a client-server directory service protocol used to distribute system conf...Rule Unknown Severity -
Uninstall ypserv Package
Theypserv
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase ypserv
Rule High Severity -
Disable ypbind Service
The <code>ypbind</code> service, which allows the system to act as a client in a NIS or NIS+ domain, should be disabled. The <code>ypbind</code> s...Rule Medium Severity -
Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec
The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.Group -
Uninstall rsh-server Package
Thersh-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase rsh-server
Rule High Severity -
Uninstall rsh Package
Thersh
package contains the client commands for the rsh servicesRule Unknown Severity
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