Details

DoD information systems are required to use FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hash functions.

Note: This does not imply FIPS 140-2 certification.

Solution

To set the MACs setting, add or correct the following line in ‘/etc/ssh/sshd_config’:

MACs hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_ESXi_V1R5_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000366
• Group-ID|V-63203
• Rule-ID|SV-77693r1_rule
• STIG-ID|ESXI-06-000017
• Vuln-ID|V-63203

Source

• Tenable.com/audits