CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark for Level 1 - Workstation
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nftables
<code>If firewalld or iptables are being used in your environment, please follow the guidance in their respective section and pass-over the guidance in this section.</code><br><br> nftables is a su...Group -
Install nftables Package
nftables provides a new in-kernel packet classification framework that is based on a network-specific Virtual Machine (VM) and a new nft userspace command line tool. nftables reuses the existing Ne...Rule Medium Severity -
Verify nftables Service is Disabled
nftables is a subsystem of the Linux kernel providing filtering and classification of network packets/datagrams/frames and is the successor to iptables. The <code>nftables</code> service can be dis...Rule Medium Severity -
File Permissions and Masks
Traditional Unix security relies heavily on file and directory permissions to prevent unauthorized users from reading or modifying files to which they should not have access. <br> <br> ...Group -
Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories
Permissions for many files on a system must be set restrictively to ensure sensitive information is properly protected. This section discusses important permission restrictions which can be verifie...Group
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