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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 SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials

    SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. Check if SSSD allows cached authentications with the following command: <pre>...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to run as user sssd

    SSSD processes should be configured to run as user sssd, not root.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire SSH Known Hosts

    SSSD should be configured to expire keys from known SSH hosts after <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_sssd_ssh_kno...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) - LDAP

    The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red H...
    Group
  • SSSD LDAP Backend Client CA Certificate Location

    Path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority certificates.
    Value
  • Configure SSSD LDAP Backend Client CA Certificate

    Configure SSSD to implement cryptography to protect the integrity of LDAP remote access sessions. By setting the <pre>ldap_tls_cacert</pre> option ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD LDAP Backend Client CA Certificate Location

    Configure SSSD to implement cryptography to protect the integrity of LDAP remote access sessions. By setting the <pre>ldap_tls_cacertdir</pre> opti...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Test in Non-Production Environment

    This guidance should always be tested in a non-production environment before deployment. This test environment should simulate the setup in which t...
    Group
  • Configure SSSD LDAP Backend to Use TLS For All Transactions

    The LDAP client should be configured to implement TLS for the integrity of all remote LDAP authentication sessions. If the <code>id_provider</code>...
    Rule High Severity
  • USBGuard daemon

    The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.
    Group

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