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RHV hardening based on STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Enable Smartcards in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD's Memory Cache to Expire

    SSSD's memory cache should be configured to set to expire records after <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_sssd_mem...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials

    SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. To configure SSSD to expire offline credentials, set <code>offline_credential...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire SSH Known Hosts

    SSSD should be configured to expire keys from known SSH hosts after <code><xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_sssd_ssh_kno...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • X Window System

    The X Window System implementation included with the system is called X.org.
    Group
  • Disable X Windows

    Unless there is a mission-critical reason for the system to run a graphical user interface, ensure X is not set to start automatically at boot and ...
    Group
  • Remove the X Windows Package Group

    By removing the xorg-x11-server-common package, the system no longer has X Windows installed. If X Windows is not installed then the system cannot ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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