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Sample Security Profile for OpenEmbedded Distros

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Disable Network File System (nfs)

    The Network File System (NFS) service allows remote hosts to mount and interact with shared filesystems on the local system. If the local system is...
    Rule Unknown Severity
  • Obsolete Services

    This section discusses a number of network-visible services which have historically caused problems for system security, and for which disabling or...
    Group
  • Ensure rsyncd service is disabled

    The rsyncd service can be disabled with the following command:
    $ sudo systemctl mask --now rsyncd.service
    Rule Medium Severity
  • NIS

    The Network Information Service (NIS), also known as 'Yellow Pages' (YP), and its successor NIS+ have been made obsolete by Kerberos, LDAP, and oth...
    Group
  • Disable ypserv Service

    The <code>ypserv</code> service, which allows the system to act as a client in a NIS or NIS+ domain, should be disabled. The <code>ypserv</code> s...
    Rule Medium Severity

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