Disable Automounting
Details autofs allows automatic mounting of devices, typically including CD/DVDs and USB drives. Rationale: With automounting enabled anyone with physical...
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CIS Red Hat 6 Workstation L2 V3.0.0
Disable IPv6
Details Although IPv6 has many advantages over IPv4, not all organizations have IPv6 or dual stack configurations implemented. Rationale: If...Disable the rhnsd Daemon
Details The rhnsd daemon polls the Red Hat Network web site for scheduled actions and, if there are, executes those...Disable USB Storage – lsmod
Details USB storage provides a means to transfer and store files insuring persistence and availability of the files independent of...Disable USB Storage – modprobe
Details USB storage provides a means to transfer and store files insuring persistence and availability of the files independent of...Ensure audit_backlog_limit is sufficient
Details The backlog limit has a default setting of 64 Rationale: During boot if audit=1, then the backlog will hold...Ensure auditd is installed – audit
Details auditd is the userspace component to the Linux Auditing System. It’s responsible for writing audit records to the disk...Ensure auditd is installed – audit-libs
Details auditd is the userspace component to the Linux Auditing System. It’s responsible for writing audit records to the disk...Ensure auditd service is enabled
Details Turn on the auditd daemon to record system events. Rationale: The capturing of system events provides system administrators with...Ensure auditing for processes that start prior to auditd is enabled
Details Configure grub so that processes that are capable of being audited can be audited even if they start up...