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DRAFT - Unclassified Information in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations (NIST 800-171)

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  • Disallow kernel profiling by unprivileged users

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.perf_event_paranoid</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.perf_event_paranoid=2</pre> To make sure that the ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Restrict usage of ptrace to descendant processes

    To set the runtime status of the <code>kernel.yama.ptrace_scope</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1</pre> To make sure that the sett...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable the use of user namespaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>user.max_user_namespaces</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w user.max_user_namespaces=0</pre> To make sure that the set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Core Dumps

    A core dump file is the memory image of an executable program when it was terminated by the operating system due to errant behavior. In most cases, only software developers legitimately need to acc...
    Group
  • Disable acquiring, saving, and processing core dumps

    The systemd-coredump.socket unit is a socket activation of the systemd-coredump@.service which processes core dumps. By masking the unit, core dump processing is disabled.
    Rule Medium Severity

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