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Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Install the OpenSSH Server Package

    The <code>openssh-server</code> package should be installed. The <code>openssh-server</code> package can be installed with the following command: <...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure OpenSSH Client if Necessary

    The following configuration changes apply to the SSH client. They can improve security parameters relwevant to the client user, e.g. increasing ent...
    Group
  • Configure session renegotiation for SSH client

    The <code>RekeyLimit</code> parameter specifies how often the session key is renegotiated, both in terms of amount of data that may be transmitted ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SSH client uses strong entropy to seed (for CSH like shells)

    To set up SSH client to use entropy from a high-quality source, make sure that the appropriate shell environment variable is configured. The <code>...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SSH client uses strong entropy to seed (Bash-like shells)

    To set up SSH client to use entropy from a high-quality source, make sure that the appropriate shell environment variable is configured. The <code>...
    Rule Medium Severity

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