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RHEL 9 must have the crypto-policies package installed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Centralized cryptographic policies simplify applying secure ciphers across an operating system and the applications that run on that operating system. Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption to protect data. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000396-GPOS-00176, SRG-OS-000393-GPOS-00173, SRG-OS-000394-GPOS-00174

ID
SV-258234r1051250_rule
Version
RHEL-09-215100
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Install the crypto-policies package (if the package is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies