DRAFT - DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 9
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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firewalld
The dynamic firewall daemon <code>firewalld</code> provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network “zones” to assign a level of trust to a network and its associated connections an...Group -
Configure Firewalld to Use the Nftables Backend
Firewalld can be configured with many backends, such as nftables.Rule Medium Severity -
Inspect and Activate Default firewalld Rules
Firewalls can be used to separate networks into different zones based on the level of trust the user has decided to place on the devices and traffic within that network. <code>NetworkManager</code>...Group -
Install firewalld Package
Thefirewalld
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo yum install firewalld
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Verify firewalld Enabled
Thefirewalld
service can be enabled with the following command:$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service
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Strengthen the Default Ruleset
The default rules can be strengthened. The system scripts that activate the firewall rules expect them to be defined in configuration files under the <code>/etc/firewalld/services</code> and <code>...Group -
Configure the Firewalld Ports
Configure the <code>firewalld</code> ports to allow approved services to have access to the system. To configure <code>firewalld</code> to open ports, run the following command: <pre>firewall-cmd -...Rule Medium Severity -
Firewalld Must Employ a Deny-all, Allow-by-exception Policy for Allowing Connections to Other Systems
Oracle Linux 9 incorporates the "firewalld" daemon, which allows for many different configurations. One of these configurations is zones. Zones can be utilized to a deny-all, allow-by-exception app...Rule Medium Severity -
IPSec Support
Support for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is provided with Libreswan.Group -
Install libreswan Package
The libreswan package provides an implementation of IPsec and IKE, which permits the creation of secure tunnels over untrusted networks. The <code>libreswan</code> package can be installed with the...Rule Medium Severity
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