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EPAS-00-009000 - The DBMS must use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with the requirements of the data owner.

Information

Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The application must implement cryptographic modules adhering to the higher standards approved by the federal government since this provides assurance they have been tested and validated.

It is the responsibility of the data owner to assess the cryptography requirements in light of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

NSA-approved cryptography for classified networks is hardware based. This requirement addresses the compatibility of a DBMS with the encryption devices.

Solution

As the 'enterprisedb' operating system user, run the following to set the ssl parameter to 'on':

> psql edb -c 'ALTER SYSTEM SET ssl = 'on''

Next, reload the parameter file:

psql edb -c 'SELECT pg_reload_conf()'

Now confirm the new value:

psql edb -c 'SHOW ssl'

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_EPAS_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-13, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002450, Rule-ID|SV-259288r962034_rule, STIG-ID|EPAS-00-009000, Vuln-ID|V-259288

Plugin: PostgreSQLDB

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