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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that the audit system takes appropriate action when there is an error sending audit records to a remote system.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Taking appropriate action when there is an error sending audit records to a remote system will minimize the possibility of losing audit records. One method of off-loading audit logs in Red Hat Enterprise Linux is with the use of the audisp-remote dameon.

ID
SV-204512r877390_rule
Version
RHEL-07-030321
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the action the operating system takes if there is an error sending audit records to a remote system.

Uncomment the "network_failure_action" option in "/etc/audisp/audisp-remote.conf" and set it to "syslog", "single", or "halt".

network_failure_action = syslog