CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Benchmark

CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Benchmark, v1.1 (2008/04) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) CIS Benchmark Version 1.1 April 2008 Copyright 2001-2008, The Center for Internet Security http://cisecurity.org Editor: Joe Wulf, ProSync Technology cis-feedback@cisecurity.org 1 of 137 CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Benchmark, v1.1 (2008/04) THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 2 of 137 CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Benchmark, v1.1 (2008/04) [CIS RHEL5 Benchmark] Table of Contents 1 CIS RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 BENCHMARK ........................................................... 11 Introduction....................................................................................................................... 11 Feedback is welcome ........................................ 11 Applying CIS Benchmark Recommendations .. 11 Audience ........................................................... 12 Applicability ..................................................................................................................... 12 Precedence of Benchmark-Compliance Audit .................................. 12 Partitioning Considerations .............................. 13 Software Package Removal ................................................................................................ 14 Backup Key Files ..................................................................................... ...