Description
Use setCMHardening to configure a number of system parameters into a hardened state. When you run this command, the system will undergo the following changes:
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Remove console.perms and console.perms.d
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Only allow console access in /etc/securetty
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Disable the kdump service for kernel crash monitoring
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Configure password strength and expiration policy
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Configure failed login account locking
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Change ownership of ppp-login shell to root:root
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Restrict audit tool permissions to privileged users
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Restrict crontab permissions to root user
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Remove the unused rasaccess user
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Configure session timeouts to 600 seconds for command line and SMI web interfaces
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Change default lock time for expired accounts to immediate
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Set the maximum polling time for ntp to 1024 seconds
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Start ntpd and verify that it is enabled to start at next boot
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Constrain modules and options used in web server directories