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

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-12026, Rule-ID|SV-37743r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN006420, Vuln-ID|V-12026

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3a9455f9b0bb19d992645bb76c56c1c3b1a0bdd14c75a0a2bfe94cca29a45772