There must be no shosts.equiv files on SLEM 5.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.
- ID
- SV-261344r996490_rule
- Version
- SLEM-05-255095
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Remove any "shosts.equiv" files found on SLEM 5.
> sudo rm /<path_to_file>/shosts.equiv