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The operating system must associate security attributes with information exchanged between information systems.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
SRG-OS-000177-NA SRG-OS-000177-NA SRG-OS-000177-NA_rule Medium
Description
When data is exchanged between information systems, the security attributes associated with the data needs to be maintained. Security attributes are an abstraction representing the basic properties or characteristics of an entity with respect to safeguarding information; typically associated with internal data structures (e.g., records, buffers, files) within the operating system and used to enable the implementation of access control and flow control policies, reflect special dissemination, handling or distribution instructions, or support other aspects of the information security policy. Security attributes may be explicitly or implicitly associated with the information contained within the information system.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000177-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-000177-NA_fix)
This requirement is NA. No fix is required.