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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 18.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Ensure gnutls-utils is installed

    The gnutls-utils package can be installed with the following command:
    $ apt-get install gnutls-utils
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure nss-tools is installed

    The nss-tools package can be installed with the following command:
    $ apt-get install nss-tools
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Prevent Login to Accounts With Empty Password

    If an account is configured for password authentication but does not have an assigned password, it may be possible to log into the account without ...
    Rule High Severity
  • Action for auditd to take when disk errors

    'The setting for disk_error_action in /etc/audit/auditd.conf, if multiple values are allowed write them separated by pipes as in "syslog|single|hal...
    Value
  • Updating Software

    The <code>apt_get</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update to...
    Group

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