The operating system must fail securely in the event of an operational failure of a boundary protection device.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000156-NA	SRG-OS-000156-NA	SRG-OS-000156-NA_rule		Medium

Description
Fail secure is a condition achieved by the operating system employing a set of information system mechanisms to ensure, in the event of an operational failure of a boundary protection device at a managed interface, the system does not enter into an unsecure state where security properties no longer hold.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000156-NA_chk )
RHEL6 cannot support this requirement without assistance from an external application, policy, or service. This requirement is NA.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000156-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA. No fix is required.