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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Benchmark for Level 2 - Workstation

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  • Verify firewalld Enabled

    The firewalld service can be enabled with the following command: 
    $ sudo systemctl enable firewalld.service
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  • Strengthen the Default Ruleset

    The default rules can be strengthened. The system scripts that activate the firewall rules expect them to be defined in configuration files under the <code>/etc/firewalld/services</code> and <code>...
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  • IPv6

    The system includes support for Internet Protocol version 6. A major and often-mentioned improvement over IPv4 is its enormous increase in the number of available addresses. Another important featu...
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  • Configure IPv6 Settings if Necessary

    A major feature of IPv6 is the extent to which systems implementing it can automatically configure their networking devices using information from the network. From a security perspective, manually...
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  • Configure Accepting Router Advertisements on All IPv6 Interfaces

    To set the runtime status of the <code>net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra</code> kernel parameter, run the following command: <pre>$ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0</pre> To make sure that th...
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siemur/test-space

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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