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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4
System Settings
Installing and Maintaining Software
System and Software Integrity
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Enable FIPS Mode
Enable FIPS Mode
An XCCDF Rule
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Enable FIPS Mode
High Severity
OpenShift has an installation-time flag that can enable FIPS mode for the cluster. The flag
fips: true
must be enabled at install time in the
install-config.yaml
file. If this rule fails on an installed cluster, then this is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed.