Skip to content

There must be no shosts.equiv files on the SUSE operating system.

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-234985r991589_rule
Version
SLES-15-040030
Severity
High
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Remove any "shosts.equiv" files found on the SUSE operating system.

> sudo rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/shosts.equiv