RHEL 9 must use the common access card (CAC) smart card driver.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Smart card login provides two-factor authentication stronger than that provided by a username and password combination. Smart cards leverage public key infrastructure to provide and verify credentials. Configuring the smart card driver in use by the organization helps to prevent users from using unauthorized smart cards. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000106-GPOS-00053, SRG-OS-000107-GPOS-00054, SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056, SRG-OS-000108-GPOS-00055, SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057, SRG-OS-000113-GPOS-00058
- ID
- SV-258121r1045243_rule
- Version
- RHEL-09-611160
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure RHEL 9 to load the CAC driver.
$ sudo opensc-tool --set-conf-entry app:default:card_driver:cac
Restart the pcscd service to apply the changes:
$ sudo systemctl restart pcscd