The operating system must maintain the confidentiality of information during aggregation, packaging, and transformation in preparation for transmission.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-48161	SOL-11.1-060120	SV-61033r1_rule		Medium

Description
Ensuring that transmitted information remains confidential during aggregation, packaging, and transformation requires the operating system take feasible measures to employ transmission layer security. This requirement applies to communications across internal and external networks.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-50593r1_chk )
All remote sessions must be conducted via encrypted services and ports. Ask the operator to document all configured external ports and protocols. If any unencrypted connections are used, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-51769r2_fix)
All remote sessions must be conducted via SSH and IPsec. Ensure that SSH and IPsec are the only protocols used.