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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • AIX must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

    <VulnDiscussion>Operating system management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an operating s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000066-GPOS-00034

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If the AIX system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP SSL, or TLS connection must require the server provide a certificate and this certificate must have a valid path to a trusted CA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without path validation, an informed trust decision by the relying party cannot be made when presented with any certificate n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If AIX is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the /etc/ldap.conf file (or equivalent) must not contain passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule High Severity

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