DISA STIG with GUI for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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Disable chrony daemon from acting as server
The <code>port</code> option in <code>/etc/chrony.conf</code> can be set to <code>0</code> to make chrony daemon to never open any listening port f...Rule Low Severity -
Disable network management of chrony daemon
The <code>cmdport</code> option in <code>/etc/chrony.conf</code> can be set to <code>0</code> to stop chrony daemon from listening on the UDP port ...Rule Low Severity -
Configure Time Service Maxpoll Interval
The <code>maxpoll</code> should be configured to <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_time_service_set_maxpoll" use="legacy...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure Chrony is only configured with the server directive
Check that Chrony only has time sources configured with theserver
directive.Rule Medium Severity -
Obsolete Services
This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...Group -
Rlogin, Rsh, and Rexec
The Berkeley r-commands are legacy services which allow cleartext remote access and have an insecure trust model.Group -
Uninstall rsh-server Package
Thersh-server
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo yum erase rsh-server
Rule High Severity -
Remove Host-Based Authentication Files
The <code>shosts.equiv</code> file lists remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system. To remove these files, run the following comm...Rule High Severity -
Remove User Host-Based Authentication Files
The <code>~/.shosts</code> (in each user's home directory) files list remote hosts and users that are trusted by the local system. To remove these ...Rule High Severity -
Telnet
The telnet protocol does not provide confidentiality or integrity for information transmitted on the network. This includes authentication informat...Group
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