Jan,

Thanks for the detailed response. Very helpful!

Greg

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Jan Lieskovsky <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hello Greg,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Greg Elin" <[email protected]>
> > To: "SCAP Security Guide" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2015 7:24:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: Porting RHEL6 XCDDF Profiles to RHEL7
> >
> > Gabe,
> >
> > Thanks. That is helpful.
> >
> > So it comes down to Knowledge of -- and testing by -- developer that
> RHEL6
> > test applies to RHEL7?
>
> See my previous reply. But basically IMHO to be able to specify the scope
> of the work that needs to be done, we first need to separate RHEL-6 rules
> working without change (or small change) on RHEL-7 too from those, which
> either aren't implemented for RHEL-7 yet or would require substantial
> change
> just because the underlying system component changed substantially across
> the two products (so yes, this stage includes a lot of testing on RHEL-7
> product).
>
> Once this stage is finished (we have profiles ported with not working rules
> commented out), we can proceed to the second stage - actual implementation
> of the missing rules they to work properly on RHEL-7 too (of course the
> motivation when commenting the rules isn't they not to be available for
> scanning on RHEL-7, just to indicate they aren't working properly right
> now,
> and are to be included later once those issues are fixed).
>
> Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Technologies Team
>
> >
> > Greg Elin
> > P: 917-304-3488
> > E: [email protected]
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On May 7, 2015, at 1:02 PM, Gabe Alford < [email protected] > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Greg,
> >
> > I don't think that it should be too much of a problem migrating the
> profiles.
> > See https://github.com/OpenSCAP/scap-security-guide/pull/550 for an
> example.
> >
> > Gabe
> >
> > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Greg Elin < [email protected] >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Fend and I are looking at moving a client from AWS Linux to RHEL7.
> >
> > We are trying to figure how we can help migrate the existing RHEL6 XCCDF
> > profiles to RHEL7?
> >
> > A number of the baseline profiles available in RHEL6 package (e.g. USGCB
> and
> > RHEL6-Server are not currently available in either the RHEL7 SSG package
> or
> > the RHEL7 SSG built from source.
> >
> > I've skimmed the issues and the wiki pages and did not seen anything
> exactly
> > on topic for the profiles.
> >
> > - Can these RHEL6 profiles easily be ported to RHEL7, or is it a big
> tasks
> > b/c of significant changes between 6 and 7?
> >
> > - I'm treating the RHEL7 STIG as a separate baseline project from these
> other
> > pre-existing RHEL6 baselines (with some overlap, of course). Is that
> right
> > way or wrong way to think about it?
> >
> > - Does it make sense to put together a how to and/or coordination page to
> > discuss the availability and porting of profiles? Fen and I would like to
> > help, but want tackle the problem efficiently.
> >
> > - Is there an overall timeline or plan for managing the XCCDF profiles?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Greg
> >
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