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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Assign Password to Prevent Changes to Boot Firmware Configuration

    Assign a password to the system boot firmware (historically called BIOS on PC systems) to require a password for any configuration changes.
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable Booting from USB Devices in Boot Firmware

    Configure the system boot firmware (historically called BIOS on PC systems) to disallow booting from USB drives.
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable Kernel Support for USB via Bootloader Configuration

    All USB support can be disabled by adding the <code>nousb</code> argument to the kernel's boot loader configuration. To do so, append "nousb" to th...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable Mounting of cramfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>cramfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modprobe...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Disable Mounting of freevxfs

    To configure the system to prevent the <code>freevxfs</code> kernel module from being loaded, add the following line to the file <code>/etc/modpro...
    Rule Low Severity

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