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GEN006420 - NIS maps must be protected through hard-to-guess domain names.

Information

The use of hard-to-guess NIS domain names provides additional protection from unauthorized access to the NIS directory information.
NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Change the NIS domain name to a value difficult to guess. Consult vendor documentation for the required procedure.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-12527r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006420, Vuln-ID|V-12026

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 94bfee8cbb8073819c6cc5b8ca23a8e62fc55d398ecd231682743188fe1c3450