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OSPP - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Verify that Interactive Boot is Disabled

    Fedora systems support an "interactive boot" option that can be used to prevent services from being started. On a Fedora system, interactive boot can be enabled by providing a <code>1</code>, <code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Require Authentication for Single User Mode

    Single-user mode is intended as a system recovery method, providing a single user root access to the system by providing a boot option at startup. <br> <br> By default, single-user mode is ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Configure Screen Locking

    When a user must temporarily leave an account logged-in, screen locking should be employed to prevent passersby from abusing the account. User education and training is particularly important for s...
    Group
  • Configure Console Screen Locking

    A console screen locking mechanism is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not logout because of th...
    Group
  • Install the screen Package

    To enable console screen locking, install the <code>screen</code> package. The <code>screen</code> package can be installed with the following command: <pre> $ sudo dnf install screen</pre> Instruc...
    Rule Medium Severity

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