Ensure separate partition exists for /home
Details The /home directory is used to support disk storage needs of local users. Rationale: If the system is intended...
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CIS Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Workstation L2 V2.1.0
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...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. Rationale: Since...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 TIPC is disabled – lsmod
Details The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communication between cluster nodes. Rationale: If the protocol is...Ensure TIPC is disabled – modprobe
Details The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol is designed to provide communication between cluster nodes. Rationale: If the protocol is...