The operating system must employ organization-defined information system components with no writeable storage that are persistent across component restart or power on/off.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000454-PNF	RHEL-06-000454-PNF	RHEL-06-000454-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Organizations may require operating systems to be non-modifiable or to be stored and executed on non-writeable storage. Use of non-modifiable storage ensures the integrity of the program from the point of creation of the read-only image and eliminates the possibility of malicious code insertion.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000454-PNF_chk )
RHEL6 supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000454-PNF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent not a finding. No fix is required.