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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable Interface Usage of IPv6

    To disable interface usage of IPv6, add or correct the following lines in <code>/etc/sysconfig/network</code>: <pre>NETWORKING_IPV6=no IPV6INIT=no<...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable Support for RPC IPv6

    RPC services for NFSv4 try to load transport modules for <code>udp6</code> and <code>tcp6</code> by default, even if IPv6 has been disabled in <cod...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable IPv6 Addressing on All IPv6 Interfaces

    To disable support for (<code>ipv6</code>) addressing on all interface add the following line to <code>/etc/sysctl.d/ipv6.conf</code> (or another f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra_pinfo

    Accept prefix information in router advertisements?
    Value
  • Use Privacy Extensions for Address

    To introduce randomness into the automatic generation of IPv6 addresses, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/...
    Rule Unknown Severity

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