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Configure the "kubelet-client-certificate" argument to organizational standards.


CONTROL ID
14568
CONTROL TYPE
Configuration
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Configure "Kubernetes" to organizational standards., CC ID: 14528

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate Description: Enable certificate based kubelet authentication. Rationale: The apiserver, by default, does not authenticate itself to the kubelet's HTTPS endpoints. The requests from the apiserver ar… (1.2.5, The Center for Internet Security Kubernetes Level 1 Master Node Benchmark, v 1.6.0)
  • Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate Description: Enable certificate based kubelet authentication. Rationale: The apiserver, by default, does not authenticate itself to the kubelet's HTTPS endpoints. The requests from the apiserver ar… (1.2.5, The Center for Internet Security Kubernetes Level 2 Master Node Benchmark, v 1.6.0)