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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Prevent user from disabling the screen lock

    The tmux terminal multiplexer is used to implement automatic session locking. It should not be listed in /etc/shells.
    Rule Low Severity
  • Hardware Tokens for Authentication

    The use of hardware tokens such as smart cards for system login provides stronger, two-factor authentication than using a username and password. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers and workstation...
    Group
  • OpenSC Smart Card Drivers

    Choose the Smart Card Driver in use by your organization. <br>For DoD, choose the <code>cac</code> driver. <br>If your driver is not listed and you don't want to use the <code>default</code> driver...
    Value
  • Install the pcsc-lite package

    The pcsc-lite package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install pcsc-lite
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Install Smart Card Packages For Multifactor Authentication

    Configure the operating system to implement multifactor authentication by installing the required package with the following command: The <code>openssl-pkcs11</code> package can be installed with ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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