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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Photon operating system must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: to provision digital signatures, generate cryptographic hashes, and protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    <VulnDiscussion>Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. The operating syst...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must disable systemd fallback Domain Name System (DNS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Systemd contains an ability to set fallback DNS servers. This is used for DNS lookups in the event no system-level DNS server...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Photon operating system RPM package management tool must cryptographically verify the authenticity of all software packages during installation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Installation of any nontrusted software, patches, service packs, device drivers, or operating system components can significa...
    Rule Medium Severity

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