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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Set SSH Daemon LogLevel to VERBOSE

    The <code>VERBOSE</code> parameter configures the SSH daemon to record login and logout activity. To specify the log level in SSH, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Use of Privilege Separation

    When enabled, SSH will create an unprivileged child process that has the privilege of the authenticated user. To enable privilege separation in SSH, add or correct the following line in the <code>/...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display

    The SSH daemon should prevent remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display. <br> The default SSH configuration for <code>X11UseLocalhost</code> is <code>yes</code>, which prevents remote hosts...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Security Services Daemon

    The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) is a system daemon that provides access to different identity and authentication providers such as Red Hat's IdM, Microsoft's AD, openLDAP, MIT Kerberos, ...
    Group
  • Certificate status checking in SSSD

    Multifactor solutions that require devices separate from information systems gaining access include, for example, hardware tokens providing time-based or challenge-response authenticators and smart...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Certmap in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to verify the certificate of the user or group. To set this up ensure that section like <code>certmap/testing.test/rule_name</code> is setup in <code>/etc/sssd/sssd.conf<...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Smartcards in SSSD

    SSSD should be configured to authenticate access to the system using smart cards. To enable smart cards in SSSD, set <code>pam_cert_auth</code> to <code>True</code> under the <code>[pam]</code> sec...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SSSD Has a Correct Trust Anchor

    SSSD must have acceptable trust anchor present.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure SSSD to Expire Offline Credentials

    SSSD should be configured to expire offline credentials after 1 day. Check if SSSD allows cached authentications with the following command: <pre> $ sudo grep cache_credentials /etc/sssd/sssd.conf...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • USBGuard daemon

    The USBGuard daemon enforces the USB device authorization policy for all USB devices.
    Group

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