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.

Solution

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

See Also

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

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Oracle Linux 5 v2r1

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-218664r603259_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006420, STIG-Legacy|SV-63785, STIG-Legacy|V-12026, Vuln-ID|V-218664

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 8a8918c456841214614fa257658c21bff84405df46eb958718b40e17c4c38b08