Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Uninstall xinetd Package
Thexinetd
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase xinetd
Rule Low Severity -
Disable xinetd Service
Thexinetd
service can be disabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl mask --now xinetd.service
Rule Medium Severity -
Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec
The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.Group -
Uninstall rsh-server Package
Thersh-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase rsh-server
Rule High Severity -
Disable rlogin Service
The <code>rlogin</code> service, which is available with the <code>rsh-server</code> package and runs as a service through xinetd or separately as ...Rule High Severity -
Remove Rsh Trust Files
The files <code>/etc/hosts.equiv</code> and <code>~/.rhosts</code> (in each user's home directory) list remote hosts and users that are trusted by ...Rule High Severity -
Chat/Messaging Services
The talk software makes it possible for users to send and receive messages across systems through a terminal session.Group -
Uninstall talk-server Package
Thetalk-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase talk-server
Rule Medium Severity -
Uninstall talk Package
The <code>talk</code> package contains the client program for the Internet talk protocol, which allows the user to chat with other users on differe...Rule Medium Severity -
Telnet
The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication informat...Group -
Uninstall telnet-server Package
Thetelnet-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase telnet-server
Rule High Severity -
Remove telnet Clients
The telnet client allows users to start connections to other systems via the telnet protocol.Rule Low Severity -
Disable telnet Service
Make sure that the activation of the <code>telnet</code> service on system boot is disabled. The <code>telnet</code> socket can be disabled with t...Rule High Severity -
SSH Server
The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity for data exchanged between tw...Group -
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_confi...Group -
Disable Host-Based Authentication
SSH's cryptographic host-based authentication is more secure than <code>.rhosts</code> authentication. However, it is not recommended that hosts un...Rule Medium Severity -
Allow Only SSH Protocol 2
Only SSH protocol version 2 connections should be permitted. The default setting in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> is correct, and can be verifi...Rule High Severity -
Disable Compression Or Set Compression to delayed
Compression is useful for slow network connections over long distances but can cause performance issues on local LANs. If use of compression is req...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable SSH Access via Empty Passwords
Disallow SSH login with empty passwords. The default SSH configuration disables logins with empty passwords. The appropriate configuration is used ...Rule High Severity -
Disable GSSAPI Authentication
Unless needed, SSH should not permit extraneous or unnecessary authentication mechanisms like GSSAPI. <br> The default SSH configuration disallows ...Rule Medium Severity
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