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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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  • Verify Permissions on group File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/group, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/group
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on /etc/shells File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/shells, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/shells
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify that audit tools are owned by group root

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system audit tools must have the proper ownership configured to protected against unauthorized access. Ve...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify that audit tools are owned by root

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system audit tools must have the proper ownership configured to protected against unauthorized access. Ve...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify that audit tools Have Mode 0755 or less

    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system audit tools must have the proper permissions configured to protected against unauthorized access. ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Add nosuid Option to /var

    The <code>nosuid</code> mount option can be used to prevent execution of setuid programs in <code>/var</code>. The SUID and SGID permissions should...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Ensure that /etc/cron.allow exists

    The file /etc/cron.allow should exist and should be used instead of /etc/cron.deny.
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Uninstall dnsmasq Package

    dnsmasq is a lightweight tool that provides DNS caching, DNS forwarding and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) services. <br> The <code>dns...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Remove ftp Package

    FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a traditional and widely used standard tool for transferring files between a server and clients over a network, esp...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Configure Firewalls to Protect the FTP Server

    By default, <code>firewalld</code> blocks access to the ports used by the web server. To configure <code>firewalld</code> to allow <code>ftp</co...
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