--- # system accounts that do not get their login disabled and pasword changed os_always_ignore_users: ['root', 'sync', 'shutdown', 'halt', 'ec2-user'] sysctl_rhel_config: # ExecShield protection against buffer overflows kernel.exec-shield: 1 # Syncookies is used to prevent SYN-flooding attacks. net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies: 1