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Standard System Security Profile for Ubuntu 16.04

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Enable the NTP Daemon

    The ntp service can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable ntp.service
    Rule High Severity
  • Enable systemd_timesyncd Service

    The systemd_timesyncd service can be enabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl enable systemd_timesyncd.service
    Rule High Severity
  • SSH Server

    The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer. SSH provides confidentiality and integrity for data exchanged between tw...
    Group
  • Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary

    If the system needs to act as an SSH server, then certain changes should be made to the OpenSSH daemon configuration file <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_confi...
    Group
  • Set SSH Client Alive Count Max to zero

    The SSH server sends at most <code>ClientAliveCountMax</code> messages during a SSH session and waits for a response from the SSH client. The optio...
    Rule Medium Severity

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