A private web server must subscribe to certificates, issued from any DOD-authorized Certificate Authority (CA), as an access control mechanism for web users.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If the Hardware Management Consoles (HMC) is network-connected, use SSL encryption techniques, through digital certificates to provide message privacy, message integrity and mutual authentication between clients and servers. To maintain data integrity the IBM Certificate distributed with the HMC's is to be replaced by a DOD-authorized Certificate. Note: This check applies only to network-connected HMCs.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-256885r998338_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The SA must order a DOD PKI to replace the IBM Certificate and then use the Hardware Management Console Certificate Management Task to install it.
Note: This only applies to networked HMCs.