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RHEL-09-215090 - RHEL 9 must have the rng-tools package installed.

Information

"rng-tools" provides hardware random number generator tools, such as those used in the formation of x509/PKI certificates.

Solution

The rng-tools package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install rng-tools

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_9_V2R9_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 STIG v2r9

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257841r1044914_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-215090, Vuln-ID|V-257841

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3addcc27f56eff323bd23ad6115904d16e5408d1690ac3ac1e35702606a69ddb

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