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1.84 OL08-00-010470

Information

There must be no ".shosts" files on the OL 8 operating system.

GROUP ID: V-248598RULE ID: SV-248598r991589

The ".shosts" files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.

Solution

Remove any found ".shosts" files from the system.

$ sudo rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/.shosts

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-248598r991589_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010470, Vuln-ID|V-248598

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 376f05a6a4537c1bdf8ccc98edd010cd869857626b59c372da33761550cede48