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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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System Cryptographic Policies
Configure SSH Server to Use FIPS 140-2 Validated MACs: opensshserver.config
Configure SSH Server to Use FIPS 140-2 Validated MACs: opensshserver.config
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Configure SSH Server to Use FIPS 140-2 Validated MACs: opensshserver.config
Medium Severity
Crypto Policies provide a centralized control over crypto algorithms usage of many packages. OpenSSH is supported by system crypto policy, but the OpenSSH configuration may be set up incorrectly. To check that Crypto Policies settings are configured correctly, ensure that
/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/opensshserver.config
contains the following text and is not commented out:
-oMACS=