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OSPP - Protection Profile for General Purpose Operating Systems v4.2.1

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Enable SSH Warning Banner

    To enable the warning banner and ensure it is consistent across the system, add or correct the following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated Ciphers

    Limit the ciphers to those algorithms which are FIPS-approved. Counter (CTR) mode is also preferred over cipher-block chaining (CBC) mode. The foll...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Use Only FIPS 140-2 Validated MACs

    Limit the MACs to those hash algorithms which are FIPS-approved. The following line in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> demonstrates use of FIPS-a...
    Rule Medium Severity

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