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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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Verify Permissions on cron.daily
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.daily
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on cron.hourly
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.hourly
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.hourly
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on cron.monthly
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.monthly
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.monthly
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on cron.weekly
To properly set the permissions of/etc/cron.weekly
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0700 /etc/cron.weekly
Rule Medium Severity -
Verify Permissions on crontab
To properly set the permissions of/etc/crontab
, run the command:$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/crontab
Rule Medium Severity -
Application Whitelisting Daemon
Fapolicyd (File Access Policy Daemon) implements application whitelisting to decide file access rights. Applications that are known via a reputatio...Group -
Install fapolicyd Package
Thefapolicyd
package can be installed with the following command:$ sudo dnf install fapolicyd
Rule Medium Severity -
Enable the File Access Policy Service
The File Access Policy service should be enabled. The <code>fapolicyd</code> service can be enabled with the following command: <pre>$ sudo system...Rule Medium Severity -
FTP Server
FTP is a common method for allowing remote access to files. Like telnet, the FTP protocol is unencrypted, which means that passwords and other data...Group -
Disable vsftpd if Possible
To minimize attack surface, disable vsftpd if at all possible.Group -
Uninstall vsftpd Package
Thevsftpd
package can be removed with the following command:$ sudo dnf erase vsftpd
Rule High Severity -
Kerberos
The Kerberos protocol is used for authentication across non-secure network. Authentication can happen between various types of principals -- users,...Group -
Disable Kerberos by removing host keytab
Kerberos is not an approved key distribution method for Common Criteria. To prevent using Kerberos by system daemons, remove the Kerberos keytab fi...Rule Medium Severity -
Mail Server Software
Mail servers are used to send and receive email over the network. Mail is a very common service, and Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs) are obvious target...Group -
Uninstall Sendmail Package
Sendmail is not the default mail transfer agent and is not installed by default. The <code>sendmail</code> package can be removed with the followin...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure SMTP For Mail Clients
This section discusses settings for Postfix in a submission-only e-mail configuration.Group -
Configure System to Forward All Mail For The Root Account
Make sure that mails delivered to root user are forwarded to a monitored email address. Make sure that the address <xccdf-1.2:sub idref="xccdf_org....Rule Medium Severity -
Configure System to Forward All Mail From Postmaster to The Root Account
Verify the administrators are notified in the event of an audit processing failure. Check that the "/etc/aliases" file has a defined value for "roo...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure Operating System to Protect Mail Server
The guidance in this section is appropriate for any host which is operating as a site MTA, whether the mail server runs using Sendmail, Postfix, or...Group -
Configure Postfix if Necessary
Postfix stores its configuration files in the directory /etc/postfix by default. The primary configuration file is/etc/postfix/main.cf
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