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The AIX SSH daemon must not allow RhostsRSAAuthentication.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If SSH permits rhosts RSA authentication, a user may be able to log in based on the keys of the host originating the request and not any user-specific authentication.

ID
SV-215305r991591_rule
Version
AIX7-00-002123
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config file", add the following line, and save the change:
RhostsRSAAuthentication no

Restart the SSH daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd