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CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Benchmark for Level 1 - Workstation

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • User Initialization Files Must Be Owned By the Primary User

    Set the owner of the user initialization files for interactive users to the primary owner with the following command: <pre>$ sudo chown <i>USER</i> /home/<i>USER</i>/.*</pre> This rule ensures eve...
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  • Install systemd-journal-remote Package

    Journald (via systemd-journal-remote ) supports the ability to send log events it gathers to a remote log host or to receive messages from remote hosts, thus enabling centralised log management.
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions and Ownership of Old Passwords File

    To properly set the owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd</code>, run the command: <pre>$ sudo chown root /etc/security/opasswd </pre> To properly set the group owner of <code>/etc/security/opasswd...
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  • Verify Group Who Owns /etc/shells File

    To properly set the group owner of /etc/shells, run the command: 
    $ sudo chgrp root /etc/shells
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Who Owns /etc/shells File

    To properly set the owner of /etc/shells, run the command: 
    $ sudo chown root /etc/shells
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Verify Permissions on /etc/shells File

    To properly set the permissions of /etc/shells, run the command: 
    $ sudo chmod 0644 /etc/shells
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Use Only Strong Key Exchange algorithms

    Limit the Key Exchange to strong algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those: <pre>KexAlgorithms <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content...
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  • Use Only Strong MACs

    Limit the MACs to strong hash algorithms. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of those MACs: <pre>MACs <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_...
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