Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) ISM Official
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Disable SSH Support for User Known Hosts
SSH can allow system users to connect to systems if a cache of the remote systems public keys is available. This should be disabled. <br><br> To e...Rule Medium Severity -
Disable X11 Forwarding
The X11Forwarding parameter provides the ability to tunnel X11 traffic through the connection to enable remote graphic connections. SSH has the cap...Rule Medium Severity -
Do Not Allow SSH Environment Options
Ensure that users are not able to override environment variables of the SSH daemon. <br> The default SSH configuration disables environment process...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Use of Strict Mode Checking
SSHs <code>StrictModes</code> option checks file and ownership permissions in the user's home directory <code>.ssh</code> folder before accepting l...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable SSH Warning Banner
To enable the warning banner and ensure it is consistent across the system, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable SSH Print Last Log
Ensure that SSH will display the date and time of the last successful account logon. <br> The default SSH configuration enables print of the date a...Rule Medium Severity -
Set LogLevel to INFO
The INFO parameter specifices that record login and logout activity will be logged. <br> The default SSH configuration sets the log level to INFO. ...Rule Low Severity -
Set SSH authentication attempt limit
The <code>MaxAuthTries</code> parameter specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per connection. Once the number of failur...Rule Medium Severity -
USBGuard daemon
The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.Group -
Install usbguard Package
Theusbguard
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo yum install usbguard
Rule Medium Severity
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