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OL 8 must prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. OL 8 includes multiple options for configuring authentication, but this requirement will focus on the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). By default, SSSD does not cache credentials.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-248710r958828_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the SSSD to prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day. 
 
Add or change the following line in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" just below the line "[pam]". 
 
     offline_credentials_expiration = 1