CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark for Level 2 - Workstation
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Verify Permissions and Ownership of Old Passwords File
To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /etc/security/opasswd </pre> To properly ...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Group Who Owns /etc/shells File
To properly set the group owner of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chgrp root /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Who Owns /etc/shells File
To properly set the owner of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chown root /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on /etc/shells File
To properly set the permissions of/etc/shells
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/shells
Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that /etc/cron.allow exists
The file/etc/cron.allow
should exist and should be used instead of/etc/cron.deny
.Rule Medium Severity -
Remove ftp Package
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a traditional and widely used standard tool for transferring files between a server and clients over a network, esp...Rule Low Severity -
Use Only Strong Key Exchange algorithms
Limit the Key Exchange to strong algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those: <pre>KexAlgorithms ...Rule Medium Severity -
Use Only Strong MACs
Limit the MACs to strong hash algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those MACs: <pre>MACs <xccdf-...Rule Medium Severity
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