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DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Ensure /var/log/audit Located On Separate Partition

    Audit logs are stored in the <code>/var/log/audit</code> directory. Ensure that <code>/var/log/audit</code> has its own partition or logical volum...
    Rule Low Severity
  • GNOME Desktop Environment

    GNOME is a graphical desktop environment bundled with many Linux distributions that allow users to easily interact with the operating system graphi...
    Group
  • Make sure that the dconf databases are up-to-date with regards to respective keyfiles

    By default, DConf uses a binary database as a data backend. The system-level database is compiled from keyfiles in the /etc/dconf/db/ directory by ...
    Rule High Severity
  • Configure GNOME Login Screen

    In the default GNOME desktop, the login is displayed after system boot and can display user accounts, allow users to reboot the system, and allow u...
    Group
  • Disable the GNOME3 Login User List

    In the default graphical environment, users logging directly into the system are greeted with a login screen that displays all known users. This fu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable the GNOME3 Login Smartcard Authentication

    In the default graphical environment, smart card authentication can be enabled on the login screen by setting <code>enable-smartcard-authentication...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable GDM Automatic Login

    The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to automatically login without user interaction or credentials. User should always be required to a...
    Rule High Severity
  • Disable GDM Guest Login

    The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) can allow users to login without credentials which can be useful for public kiosk scenarios. Allowing users to logi...
    Rule High Severity
  • GNOME Media Settings

    GNOME media settings that apply to the graphical interface.
    Group
  • Disable GNOME3 Automounting

    The system's default desktop environment, GNOME3, will mount devices and removable media (such as DVDs, CDs and USB flash drives) whenever they are...
    Rule Medium Severity

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