The operating system must employ FIPS-validate or NSA-approved cryptography to implement digital signatures.

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The operating system must employ FIPS-validate or NSA-approved cryptography to implement digital signatures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-48183	SOL-11.1-060060	SV-61055r1_rule		Medium

Description
FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating cryptographic modules, and NSA Type-X (where X=1, 2, 3, 4) products are NSA-certified hardware based encryption modules.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-08-24

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-51791r1_fix)
The Crypto Management profile is required to execute this command. This action applies to the global zone only. Determine the zone that you are currently securing. # zonename If the command output is "global", this action applies. Enable FIPS-140 mode. # pfexec cryptoadm enable fips-140 Reboot the system as requested.