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GEN002100 - The .rhosts file must not be supported in PAM.

Information

.rhosts files are used to specify a list of hosts permitted remote access to a particular account without authenticating. The use of such a mechanism defeats strong identification and authentication requirements.

Solution

Edit the file(s) in /etc/pam.d referencing the rhosts_auth module, and remove the references to the rhosts_auth module.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_5_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-218350r603259_rule, STIG-ID|GEN002100, STIG-Legacy|SV-63647, STIG-Legacy|V-11989, Vuln-ID|V-218350

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 0e6aecc373fabfb47b9ddbe9731974aecf107e4feb2f114293f22504e84a2a2d