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1.172 OL09-00-000925

Information

OL 9 must enable certificate-based smart card authentication.

GROUP ID: V-271607
RULE ID: SV-271607r1091533

Without the use of multifactor authentication (MFA), the ease of access to privileged functions is greatly increased. Multifactor authentication requires using two or more factors to achieve authentication. A privileged account is defined as an information system account with authorizations of a privileged user. The DOD Common Access Card (CAC) with DOD-approved PKI is an example of multifactor authentication.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000375-GPOS-00160, SRG-OS-000105-GPOS-00052

Solution

Configure OL 9 to enable certificate-based smart card authentication.

Edit the file "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" and add or edit the following line:

pam_cert_auth = True

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-2(1), CCI|CCI-000765, CCI|CCI-004046, Rule-ID|SV-271607r1091533_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-000925, Vuln-ID|V-271607

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a6a8d69a2192cded716eafec717b8a2ea0c0cbbb8ea76d9be590b4ce6df796b1