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Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Configure SELinux Policy

    The SELinux <code>targeted</code> policy is appropriate for general-purpose desktops and servers, as well as systems in many other roles. To config...
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  • Ensure SELinux State is Enforcing

    The SELinux state should be set to <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_selinux_state" use="legacy"></xccdf-1.2:sub><...
    Rule High Severity
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  • Services

    The best protection against vulnerable software is running less software. This section describes how to review the software which Red Hat Enterpris...
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  • Base Services

    This section addresses the base services that are installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 default installation which are not covered in other sec...
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  • Disable KDump Kernel Crash Analyzer (kdump)

    The <code>kdump</code> service provides a kernel crash dump analyzer. It uses the <code>kexec</code> system call to boot a secondary kernel ("captu...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Application Whitelisting Daemon

    Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputatio...
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  • Install fapolicyd Package

    The fapolicyd package can be installed with the following command: 
    $ sudo dnf install fapolicyd
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Enable the File Access Policy Service

    The File Access Policy service should be enabled. The <code>fapolicyd</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo system...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Network Time Protocol

    The Network Time Protocol is used to manage the system clock over a network. Computer clocks are not very accurate, so time will drift unpredictabl...
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  • The Chrony package is installed

    System time should be synchronized between all systems in an environment. This is typically done by establishing an authoritative time server or se...
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