Checklist Summary:

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is published as a tool to improve the security of the Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements were developed from the General Purpose Operating System Security Requirements Guide (GPOS SRG). The vulnerabilities discussed in this document are applicable to RHEL 7 Desktop and Server installations. This document is meant for use in conjunction with the Enclave, Network Infrastructure, Secure Remote Computing, and appropriate application STIGs.

Checklist Role:

• Operating System

Known Issues:

Not provided.

Target Audience:

Not provided.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed
• Specialized Security-Limited Functionality (SSLF)

Testing Information:

Not provided.

Regulatory Compliance:

DoD Directive (DoDD) 8500.1

Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

Not provided.

Disclaimer:

Not provided.

Product Support:

Not provided.

Point of Contact:

Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via e-mail to disa.stig_spt@mail.mil. DISA Field Security Operations (FSO) will coordinate all change requests with the relevant DoD organizations before inclusion in this document. Approved changes will be made in accordance with the DISA FSO maintenance release schedule.

Sponsor:

Department of Defense (DoD).

Licensing:

Not provided.

Change History:

Updated to FINAL - 09/08/2017
Updated - 11/01/2017
Updated to FINAL - 12/02/2017
corrected resource title - 1/24/2018
Added Benchmark - 1/25/18
Updated to Version 1, Release 4 - 02/16/2018
Updated to FINAL - 3/18/2018
Updated to v2, r1 - 9/26/18
Updated to FINAL - 11/5/18
Updated to Ver 2, Rel 2 - 1/23/19
Updated to FINAL - 2/19/19
updated to Ver 2, Rel 3 - 4/30/19
Updated URLs - 6/13/19
Updated URLs - 8/12/2019
updated URLs - 11/1/19
updated URLs per DISA - 1/21/2020
Updated URLs - 4/15/2020
updated Resource Titles - 4/17/2020
updated benchmark - 4/24/2020
Updated URL per DISA - 6/23/2020
Changed URLs - 8/4/2020
Updated URL per DISA - 8/12/2020
updated URLs - 10/27/2020
updated URLs - 11/5/2020
updated URL per DISA - 1/26/2021
added SCC links per DISA guidance - 4/20/2021
updated URLs - 4/28/2021
updated SCC content - 5/27/2021
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updated URLs - 7/28/21
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NIST checklist record last modified on 07/30/2021