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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 16.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure System to Forward All Mail For The Root Account

    Make sure that mails delivered to root user are forwarded to a monitored email address. Make sure that the address <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_postfix_root_mail_ali...
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  • Configure System to Forward All Mail through a specific host

    Set up a relay host that will act as a gateway for all outbound email. Edit the file <code>/etc/postfix/main.cf</code> to ensure that only the following <code>relayhost</code> line appears: <pre>re...
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  • NFS and RPC

    The Network File System is a popular distributed filesystem for the Unix environment, and is very widely deployed. This section discusses the circumstances under which it is possible to disable NF...
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  • Disable All NFS Services if Possible

    If there is not a reason for the system to operate as either an NFS client or an NFS server, follow all instructions in this section to disable subsystems required by NFS.
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  • Disable netfs if Possible

    To determine if any network filesystems handled by netfs are currently mounted on the system execute the following command: <pre>$ mount -t nfs,nfs4,smbfs,cifs,ncpfs</pre> If the command did not re...
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  • Configure NFS Servers

    The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS servers.
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  • Ensure All-Squashing Disabled On All Exports

    The <code>all_squash</code> maps all uids and gids to an anonymous user. This should be disabled by removing any instances of the <code>all_squash</code> option from the file <code>/etc/exports</co...
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  • Vendor Approved Time Servers

    The list of vendor-approved time servers
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  • Install the ntp service

    The ntpd service should be installed.
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  • 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...
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