Ensure separate partition exists for /var Details The /var directory is used by daemons and other system services to temporarily store dynamic data. Some directories created...
Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log Details The /var/log directory is used by system services to store log data. Rationale: There are two important reasons to...
Ensure separate partition exists for /var/log/audit Details The auditing daemon, auditd , stores log data in the /var/log/audit directory. Rationale: There are two important reasons to...
Ensure separate partition exists for /var/tmp Details The /var/tmp directory is a world-writable directory used for temporary storage by all users and some applications and is...
Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full – ‘action_mail_acct = root’ Details The auditd daemon can be configured to halt the system when the audit logs are full. Rationale: In high...
Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full – ‘admin_space_left_action = halt’ Details The auditd daemon can be configured to halt the system when the audit logs are full. Rationale: In high...
Ensure system is disabled when audit logs are full – ‘space_left_action = email’ Details The auditd daemon can be configured to halt the system when the audit logs are full. Rationale: In high...
Ensure the SELinux mode is enforcing – /etc/selinux/config Details SELinux can run in one of three modes: disabled, permissive, or enforcing: Enforcing – Is the default, and recommended,...
Ensure the SELinux mode is enforcing – getenforce Details SELinux can run in one of three modes: disabled, permissive, or enforcing: Enforcing – Is the default, and recommended,...
Ensure wireless interfaces are disabled Details Wireless networking is used when wired networks are unavailable. Rationale: If wireless is not to be used, wireless devices...