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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 20.04

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Services Used Only by NFS

    If NFS is not needed, disable the NFS client daemons nfslock, rpcgssd, and rpcidmapd. <br> <br> All of these daemons run with elevated privileges, and many listen for network connections. I...
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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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  • Network Time Protocol

    The Network Time Protocol is used to manage the system clock over a network. Computer clocks are not very accurate, so time will drift unpredictably on unmanaged systems. Central time protocols can...
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  • Vendor Approved Time Servers

    The list of vendor-approved time servers
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  • Maximum NTP or Chrony Poll

    The maximum NTP or Chrony poll interval number in seconds specified as a power of two.
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  • Install the ntp service

    The ntpd service should be installed.
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  • Install the systemd_timesyncd Service

    The systemd_timesyncd 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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  • Enable systemd_timesyncd Service

    The systemd_timesyncd service can be enabled with the following command: 
    $ sudo systemctl enable systemd_timesyncd.service
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