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SLEM 5 must offload rsyslog messages for networked systems in real time and offload standalone systems at least weekly.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

ID
SV-261409r996643_rule
Version
SLEM-05-652010
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure SLEM 5 to offload syslog-ng messages for networked systems in real time.

For standalone systems establish a procedure to offload log messages at least once a week.

For networked systems add a "UDP_OR_TCP("IP_ADDRESS" port(514)); };"
"#log { source(src); destination(logserver); };" in "/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf" that does not have one.