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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must configure sshd to restrict LoginGraceTime.

    By default, sshd unauthenticated connections are left open for two minutes before being closed. This setting is too permissive as no legitimate login would need such an amount of time to complete a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: to provision digital signatures, generate cryptographic hashes, and protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The operating system must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must disable systemd fallback Domain Name System (DNS).

    Systemd contains an ability to set fallback DNS servers. This is used for DNS lookups in the event no system-level DNS servers are configured or other DNS servers are specified in the systemd "reso...
    Rule Medium Severity

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