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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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SSH Server
Configure OpenSSH Server if Necessary
SSH server uses strong entropy to seed
SSH server uses strong entropy to seed
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SSH server uses strong entropy to seed
Low Severity
To set up SSH server to use entropy from a high-quality source, edit the
/etc/sysconfig/sshd
file. The
SSH_USE_STRONG_RNG
configuration value determines how many bytes of entropy to use, so make sure that the file contains line
SSH_USE_STRONG_RNG=32