Dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console Remote Support Facility (RSF) must be disabled for all classified systems.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
This feature will not be activated for any classified systems. Allowing dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console could impact the integrity of the environment by enabling the possible introduction of spyware or other malicious code.
- ID
- SV-256870r1001085_rule
- Version
- HMC0035
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Have the Systems Administrator or Systems Programmer validate that dial-out access from the Hardware Management Console is not activated for any classified systems.
Note: This can be accomplished by going to the Customize Remote Service Panel on the Hardware Management Console and verifying that enable remote service is not enabled.