Guide to the Secure Configuration of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Vendor Approved Time Servers
The list of vendor-approved time serversValue -
Maximum NTP or Chrony Poll
The maximum NTP or Chrony poll interval number in seconds specified as a power of two.Value -
Install the ntp service
The ntpd service should be installed.Rule High Severity -
The Chronyd service is enabled
chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a source that is highly accurate. More information o...Rule Medium Severity -
Xinetd
The <code>xinetd</code> service acts as a dedicated listener for some network services (mostly, obsolete ones) and can be used to provide access controls and perform some logging. It has been large...Group -
Enable the NTP Daemon
Thentp
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable ntp.service
Rule High Severity -
Enable the NTP Daemon
Thentpd
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
Rule Medium Severity -
Enable systemd_timesyncd Service
Thesystemd_timesyncd
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable systemd_timesyncd.service
Rule High Severity -
Chrony Configure Pool and Server
<code>Chrony</code> is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is designed to synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a source that is highly accurate. M...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy"></xccdf-1.2:sub> in <code>/etc/ntp.conf</code> o...Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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