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Verify ufw Enabled

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The ufw service can be enabled with the following command:

$ sudo systemctl enable ufw.service

Rationale

The ufw service must be enabled and running in order for ufw to protect the system

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_ufw_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[customizations.services]
enabled = ["ufw"]

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - enable_strategy
  - low_complexity

Remediation - Puppet

include enable_ufw

class enable_ufw {
  service {'ufw':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',