Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All yum Package Repositories
To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...Rule High Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Repository Metadata
Verify the operating system prevents the installation of patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components of local packages w...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Red Hat GPG Key Installed
To ensure the system can cryptographically verify base software packages come from Red Hat (and to connect to the Red Hat Network to receive them),...Rule High Severity -
Ensure Software Patches Installed
If the system is joined to the Red Hat Network, a Red Hat Satellite Server, or a yum server, run the following command to install updates: <pre>$ ...Rule Medium Severity -
Account and Access Control
In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...Group -
Authselect profile
Specify the authselect profile to selectValue -
Ensure system-auth and password-auth files are symbolic links pointing to system-auth-local and password-auth-local
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 must be configured to prevent overwriting of custom authentication configuration settings by the authconfig utility. Thi...Rule Medium Severity -
Warning Banners for System Accesses
Each system should expose as little information about itself as possible. <br><br> System banners, which are typically displayed just before a logi...Group -
Login Banner Verbiage
Enter an appropriate login banner for your organization. Please note that new lines must be expressed by the '\n' character and special characters ...Value -
MotD Banner Verbiage
Enter an appropriate login banner for your organization. Please note that new lines must be expressed by the '\n' character and special characters ...Value
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