Disable Automounting Details autofs allows automatic mounting of devices, typically including CD/DVDs and USB drives. Rationale: With automounting enabled anyone with physical...
Ensure address space layout randomization (ASLR) is enabled – sysctl Details Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is an exploit mitigation technique which randomly arranges the address space of key data...
Ensure address space layout randomization (ASLR) is enabled – sysctl.conf/sysctl.d Details Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is an exploit mitigation technique which randomly arranges the address space of key data...
Ensure AIDE is installed Details AIDE takes a snapshot of filesystem state including modification times, permissions, and file hashes which can then be used...
Ensure authentication required for single user mode – emergency.service Details Single user mode (rescue mode) is used for recovery when the system detects an issue during boot or by...
Ensure authentication required for single user mode – rescue.service Details Single user mode (rescue mode) is used for recovery when the system detects an issue during boot or by...
Ensure Avahi Server is not enabled Details Avahi is a free zeroconf implementation, including a system for multicast DNS/DNS-SD service discovery. Avahi allows programs to publish...
Ensure chrony is configured – chrony server/pool Details chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a...
Ensure chrony is configured – OPTIONS Details chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to synchronize system clocks across a...
Ensure core dumps are restricted – fs.suid_dumpable (sysctl.conf/sysctl.d) Details A core dump is the memory of an executable program. It is generally used to determine why a program...