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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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  • Apport Service

    The Apport service provides debugging and crash reporting features on Ubuntu distributions.
    Group
  • APT service configuration

    The apt service manage the package management and update of the whole system. Its configuration need to be properly defined to ensure efficient sec...
    Group
  • Avahi Server

    The Avahi daemon implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, which provide service and host discovery on a network. It allows...
    Group
  • Configure Avahi if Necessary

    If your system requires the Avahi daemon, its configuration can be restricted to improve security. The Avahi daemon configuration file is <code>/et...
    Group
  • SNMP read-write community string

    Specify the SNMP community string used for read-write access.
    Value
  • Uninstall avahi-autoipd Server Package

    If the system does not need to have an Avahi server which implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, the avahi-autoipd and ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Uninstall avahi Server Package

    If the system does not need to have an Avahi server which implements the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS protocols, the avahi-autoipd and a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Avahi Server Software

    The avahi-daemon service can be disabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl mask --now avahi-daemon.service
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 default installation which are not covered in other sec...
    Group
  • Disable Cockpit Management Server

    The Cockpit Management Server (<code>cockpit</code>) provides a web based login and management framework. The <code>cockpit</code> service can be ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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