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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 lockd to use static TCP port

    Configure the <code>lockd</code> daemon to use a static TCP port as opposed to letting the RPC Bind service dynamically assign a port. Edit the fil...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure lockd to use static UDP port

    Configure the <code>lockd</code> daemon to use a static UDP port as opposed to letting the RPC Bind service dynamically assign a port. Edit the fil...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure mountd to use static port

    Configure the <code>mountd</code> daemon to use a static port as opposed to letting the RPC Bind service dynamically assign a port. Edit the file <...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure statd to use static port

    Configure the <code>statd</code> daemon to use a static port as opposed to letting the RPC Bind service dynamically assign a port. Edit the file <c...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Configure NFS Clients

    The steps in this section are appropriate for systems which operate as NFS clients.
    Group
  • Disable NFS Server Daemons

    There is no need to run the NFS server daemons <code>nfs</code> and <code>rpcsvcgssd</code> except on a small number of properly secured systems de...
    Group
  • Disable Network File System (nfs)

    The Network File System (NFS) service allows remote hosts to mount and interact with shared filesystems on the local system. If the local system is...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Disable Secure RPC Server Service (rpcsvcgssd)

    The rpcsvcgssd service manages RPCSEC GSS contexts required to secure protocols that use RPC (most often Kerberos and NFS). The rpcsvcgssd service ...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Specify UID and GID for Anonymous NFS Connections

    To specify the UID and GID for remote root users, edit the <code>/etc/exports</code> file and add the following for each export: <pre> anonuid=<cod...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Uninstall Samba Package

    The samba package can be removed with the following command:
     $ sudo yum erase samba
    Rule Unknown Severity

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