OSPP - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems v4.2.1
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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System Settings
Contains rules that check correct system settings.Group -
Installing and Maintaining Software
The following sections contain information on security-relevant choices during the initial operating system installation process and the setup of s...Group -
System and Software Integrity
System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software,...Group -
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) is a computer security standard which is developed by the U.S. Government and industry working g...Group -
Install the dracut-fips Package
To enable FIPS, the system requires that the <code>dracut-fips</code> package be installed. The <code>dracut-fips</code> package can be installed w...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable FIPS Mode in GRUB2
To ensure FIPS mode is enabled, install package <code>dracut-fips</code>, and rebuild <code>initramfs</code> by running the following commands: <pr...Rule High Severity -
Updating Software
The <code>yum</code> command line tool is used to install and update software packages. The system also provides a graphical software update tool i...Group -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled In Main yum Configuration
The <code>gpgcheck</code> option controls whether RPM packages' signatures are always checked prior to installation. To configure yum to check pack...Rule High Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for Local Packages
<code>yum</code> should be configured to verify the signature(s) of local packages prior to installation. To configure <code>yum</code> to verify s...Rule High Severity -
Ensure gpgcheck Enabled for All yum Package Repositories
To ensure signature checking is not disabled for any repos, remove any lines from files in <code>/etc/yum.repos.d</code> of the form: <pre>gpgcheck...Rule High Severity
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