Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Use Only Strong Ciphers
Limit the ciphers to strong algorithms. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The following line in <code>/et...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong Key Exchange algorithms
Limit the Key Exchange to strong algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those: <pre>KexAlgorithms ...Rule Medium Severity -
Prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display
The SSH daemon should prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display. <br> The default SSH configuration for <code>X11UseLocalhost</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Strengthen Firewall Configuration if Possible
If the SSH server is expected to only receive connections from the local network, then strengthen the default firewall rule for the SSH service to ...Group -
System Security Services Daemon
The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...Group
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