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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Anonymous FTP Access

    If any directories that contain dynamic scripts can be accessed via FTP by any group or user that does not require access, remove permissions to su...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ignore HTTPD .htaccess Files

    Set AllowOverride to none for each instant of <Directory>.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Limit Available Methods

    Web server methods are defined in section 9 of RFC 2616 ( <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt</a>...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Restrict Root Directory

    The <code>httpd</code> root directory should always have the most restrictive configuration enabled. <pre>&lt;Directory / &gt; Options None A...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Enable Postfix Service

    The Postfix mail transfer agent is used for local mail delivery within the system. The default configuration only listens for connections to the de...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Restrict Web Directory

    The default configuration for the web (<code>/var/www/html</code>) Directory allows directory indexing (<code>Indexes</code>) and the following of ...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Minimize Web Server Loadable Modules

    A default installation of <code>httpd</code> includes a plethora of dynamically shared objects (DSO) that are loaded at run-time. Unlike the aforem...
    Group
  • httpd Core Modules

    These modules comprise a basic subset of modules that are likely needed for base <code>httpd</code> functionality; ensure they are not commented ou...
    Group
  • Disable Cache Support

    The <code>cache</code> module allows <code>httpd</code> to cache data, optimizing access to frequently accessed content. However, it introduces pot...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable CGI Support

    The <code>cgi</code> module allows HTML to interact with the CGI web programming language. <br><br> If this functionality is unnecessary, comment o...
    Rule Unknown Severity

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