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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
System Settings
Configure Syslog
Ensure Proper Configuration of Log Files
Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records
Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records
An XCCDF Rule
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Ensure Rsyslog Encrypts Off-Loaded Audit Records
Medium Severity
Rsyslogd is a system utility providing support for message logging. Support for both internet and UNIX domain sockets enables this utility to support both local and remote logging. Couple this utility with
gnutls
(which is a secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols), and you have a method to securely encrypt and off-load auditing. When using
rsyslogd
to off-load logs off a encrpytion system must be used.