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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Install usbguard Package

    The usbguard package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install usbguard
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable the USBGuard Service

    The USBGuard service should be enabled. The <code>usbguard</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo systemctl enable ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Log USBGuard daemon audit events using Linux Audit

    To configure USBGuard daemon to log via Linux Audit (as opposed directly to a file), <code>AuditBackend</code> option in <code>/etc/usbguard/usbgua...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Authorize Human Interface Devices in USBGuard daemon

    To allow authorization of Human Interface Devices (keyboard, mouse) by USBGuard daemon, add the line <code>allow with-interface match-all { 03:*:* ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Authorize Human Interface Devices and USB hubs in USBGuard daemon

    To allow authorization of USB devices combining human interface device and hub capabilities by USBGuard daemon, add the line <code>allow with-inter...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Authorize USB hubs in USBGuard daemon

    To allow authorization of USB hub devices by USBGuard daemon, add line <code>allow with-interface match-all { 09:00:* }</code> to <code>/etc/usbgua...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Generate USBGuard Policy

    By default USBGuard when enabled prevents access to all USB devices and this lead to inaccessible system if they use USB mouse/keyboard. To prevent...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • X Window System

    The X Window System implementation included with the system is called X.org.
    Group
  • Disable X Windows

    Unless there is a mission-critical reason for the system to run a graphical user interface, ensure X is not set to start automatically at boot and ...
    Group
  • Remove the X Windows Package Group

    By removing the xorg-x11-server-common package, the system no longer has X Windows installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system cannot ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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