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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configure Response Mode of ARP Requests for All IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Drop Gratuitious ARP frames on All IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.drop_gratuitous_arp</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Kernel Parameter for IPv4 Forwarding on all IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Kernel Parameter to Log Martian Packets on all IPv4 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable the CUPS Service

    The cups service can be disabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl mask --now cups.service
    Rule Unknown Severity

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