The operating system must prevent encrypted data from bypassing content checking mechanisms.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29046	SRG-OS-000012	SV-37037r1_rule		Medium

Description
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information. When data is encrypted, mechanisms designed to examine data content to detect attacks or malicious code are unable to accomplish this task unless they are capable of unencrypting the data.

Description

Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information. When data is encrypted, mechanisms designed to examine data content to detect attacks or malicious code are unable to accomplish this task unless they are capable of unencrypting the data.

STIG	Date
Operating System Security Requirements Guide	2013-03-28

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