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DRAFT - DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 9

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • 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

    The firewalld package can be installed with the following command:
    $ sudo yum install firewalld
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Verify firewalld Enabled

    The firewalld service can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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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