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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 snmpd Service

    The snmpd service can be disabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl mask --now snmpd.service
    Rule Low Severity
  • Configure SNMP Server if Necessary

    If it is necessary to run the snmpd agent on the system, some best practices should be followed to minimize the security risk from the installation...
    Group
  • SNMP read-only community string

    Specify the SNMP community string used for read-only access.
    Value
  • SNMP read-write community string

    Specify the SNMP community string used for read-write access.
    Value
  • Ensure SNMP Read Write is disabled

    Edit <code>/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf</code>, remove any <code>rwuser</code> entries. Once the read write users have been removed, restart the SNMP servi...
    Rule Medium Severity

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