The operating system must establish a trusted communications path between the user and organization-defined security functions within the operating system.

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The operating system must establish a trusted communications path between the user and organization-defined security functions within the operating system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000164-NA	SRG-OS-000164-NA	SRG-OS-000164-NA_rule		Medium

Description
The user interface must provide an unspoofable and faithful communication channel between the user and any entity trusted to manipulate authorities on the user's behalf. A trusted path shall be employed for high-confidence connections between the security functions of the information system and the user (e.g., for login).

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000164-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-000164-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA. No fix is required.