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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Anolis OS 8

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  • Remove Rsh Trust Files

    The files <code>/etc/hosts.equiv</code> and <code>~/.rhosts</code> (in each user's home directory) list remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system when using the rshd daemon. To re...
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  • Disable Samba

    The smb service can be disabled with the following command: 
    $ sudo systemctl mask --now smb.service
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  • Set SSH Client Alive Interval

    SSH allows administrators to set a network responsiveness timeout interval. After this interval has passed, the unresponsive client will be automatically logged out. <br> <br> To set this t...
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  • Allow Only SSH Protocol 2

    Only SSH protocol version 2 connections should be permitted. The default setting in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> is correct, and can be verified by ensuring that the following line appears: <p...
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  • Disable Compression Or Set Compression to delayed

    Compression is useful for slow network connections over long distances but can cause performance issues on local LANs. If use of compression is required, it should be enabled only after a user has ...
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  • Disable Kerberos Authentication

    Unless needed, SSH should not permit extraneous or unnecessary authentication mechanisms like Kerberos. <br> The default SSH configuration disallows authentication validation through Kerberos. The ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Disable SSH Support for User Known Hosts

    SSH can allow system users to connect to systems if a cache of the remote systems public keys is available. This should be disabled. <br> <br> To ensure this behavior is disabled, add or c...
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  • Disable X11 Forwarding

    The X11Forwarding parameter provides the ability to tunnel X11 traffic through the connection to enable remote graphic connections. SSH has the capability to encrypt remote X11 connections when SSH...
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  • Enable SSH Print Last Log

    Ensure that SSH will display the date and time of the last successful account logon. <br> The default SSH configuration enables print of the date and time of the last login. The appropriate configu...
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  • Force frequent session key renegotiation

    The <code>RekeyLimit</code> parameter specifies how often the session key of the is renegotiated, both in terms of amount of data that may be transmitted and the time elapsed.<br> To decrease the d...
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  • Ensure the audit Subsystem is Installed

    The audit package should be installed.
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Configure auditd Data Retention

    The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a maximum of 30MB of data in total, and refuses to wri...
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  • Make the auditd Configuration Immutable

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Mandatory Access Controls

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following line to a file with suffix <cod...
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  • Record Events that Modify the System's Network Environment

    If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix <co...
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  • Ensure auditd Collects System Administrator Actions

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect administrator actions for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit ...
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  • Record File Deletion Events by User

    At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events for all users and root. If the <code>auditd</code> daemon is configured to use the <code>augenrules</code> program to read audit r...
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  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Group root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by group root. 
    chown :root /etc/audit/audit*.{rules,conf} /etc/audit/rules.d/*
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  • Audit Configuration Files Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit configuration files must be owned by root user. To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/audit/</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /etc/audit/ </pre> To properly set the own...
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  • System Audit Logs Must Be Owned By Root

    All audit logs must be owned by root user and group. By default, the path for audit log is <pre>/var/log/audit/</pre>. To properly set the owner of <code>/var/log/audit</code>, run the command: <p...
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