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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Strengthen Firewall Configuration if Possible

    If the SSH server is expected to only receive connections from the local network, then strengthen the default firewall rule for the SSH service to ...
    Group
  • System Security Services Daemon

    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 certificate_verification option

    Value of the certificate_verification option in the SSSD config.
    Value
  • SSSD memcache_timeout option

    Value of the memcache_timeout option in the [nss] section of SSSD config /etc/sssd/sssd.conf.
    Value
  • SSSD ssh_known_hosts_timeout option

    Value of the ssh_known_hosts_timeout option in the [ssh] section of SSSD configuration file /etc/sssd/sssd.conf.
    Value
  • Certificate status checking in SSSD

    Multifactor solutions that require devices separate from information systems gaining access include, for example, hardware tokens providing time-ba...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Certmap in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to verify the certificate of the user or group. To set this up ensure that section like <code>certmap/testing.test/rule_...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Smartcards in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SSSD Has a Correct Trust Anchor

    SSSD must have acceptable trust anchor present.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials

    SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. To configure SSSD to expire offline credentials, set <code>offline_credential...
    Rule Medium Severity

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