Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Ensure the audit Subsystem is Installed
The audit package should be installed.Rule Medium Severity -
Enable auditd Service
The <code>auditd</code> service is an essential userspace component of the Linux Auditing System, as it is responsible for writing audit records to...Rule Medium Severity -
Enable Auditing for Processes Which Start Prior to the Audit Daemon
To ensure all processes can be audited, even those which start prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit=1</code> to the default GRUB...Rule Low Severity -
Extend Audit Backlog Limit for the Audit Daemon
To improve the kernel capacity to queue all log events, even those which occurred prior to the audit daemon, add the argument <code>audit_backlog_l...Rule Low Severity -
Configure auditd Data Retention
The audit system writes data to <code>/var/log/audit/audit.log</code>. By default, <code>auditd</code> rotates 5 logs by size (6MB), retaining a ma...Group -
Configure auditd flush priority
The <code>auditd</code> service can be configured to synchronously write audit event data to disk. Add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/...Rule Medium Severity -
Set number of records to cause an explicit flush to audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to issue an explicit flush to disk command after writing <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_aud...Rule Medium Severity -
Resolve information before writing to audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to resolve all uid, gid, syscall, architecture, and socket address information before writing the events to disk, set <co...Rule Low Severity -
Set type of computer node name logging in audit logs
To configure Audit daemon to use a unique identifier as computer node name in the audit events, set <code>name_format</code> to <code><xccdf-1.2:su...Rule Medium Severity -
System Accounting with auditd
The <code>auditd</code> program can perform comprehensive monitoring of system activity. This section makes use of recommended configuration settin...Group -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file accesses
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file accesses (AArch64)
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file accesses (ppc64le)
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of successful file accesses
Ensure that successful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Successful file acce...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of successful file accesses (AArch64)
Ensure that successful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Successful file acce...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of successful file accesses (ppc64le)
Ensure that successful attempts to access a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Successful file acce...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure basic parameters of Audit system
Perform basic configuration of Audit system. Make sure that any previously defined rules are cleared, the auditing system is configured to handle s...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file creations
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to create a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file creations (AArch64)
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to create a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure auditing of unsuccessful file creations (ppc64le)
Ensure that unsuccessful attempts to create a file are audited. The following rules configure audit as described above: <pre>## Unsuccessful file ...Rule Medium Severity
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