The operating system must only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56773	SRG-OS-000403-GPOS-00182	SV-71033r1_rule		Medium

Description
Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoD will only accept PKI-certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates.

Description

Untrusted Certificate Authorities (CA) can issue certificates, but they may be issued by organizations or individuals that seek to compromise DoD systems or by organizations with insufficient security controls. If the CA used for verifying the certificate is not a DoD-approved CA, trust of this CA has not been established. The DoD will only accept PKI-certificates obtained from a DoD-approved internal or external certificate authority. Reliance on CAs for the establishment of secure sessions includes, for example, the use of SSL/TLS certificates.

STIG	Date
General Purpose Operating System SRG	2014-12-17

Details

Check Text ( C-57343r1_chk )
Verify the operating system only allows the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61669r1_fix)
Configure the operating system to only allow the use of DoD PKI-established certificate authorities for verification of the establishment of protected sessions.