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V-252619

CAT II (Medium)

The IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint must have a master-key set to encrypt the dynamic token encryption key.

Rule ID

SV-252619r831520_rule

STIG

IBM Aspera Platform 4.2 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R3

CCIs

CCI-001453CCI-002450

Discussion

Configuring the network element to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the network element. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the network element, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. For the network element, security-related parameters include settings for network traffic management configurations. The master key must be a unique random 256-bit key. The example below uses openssl to generate the key. This Redis master key will be used to encrypt the dynamic token encryption key. Satisfies: SRG-NET-000063-ALG-000012, SRG-NET-000510-ALG-000025, SRG-NET-000510-ALG-000111

Check Content

Verify the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint has a master-key set to encrypt the dynamic token encryption key with the following commands:

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmcli -u <transferuser> -H Redis-master-key

v0: (SHA-512) 6fcb5c284590f67af12334cf27f94a6dc5fb2f27627b9ba8dc20c210df3edd7a596cd3c9961a5c36bfd8e57a9ae15a6859559f8e11c3059704859cabb59d8340

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmcli -u asperadaemon -H Redis-master-key

v0: (SHA-512) 6fcb5c284590f67af12334cf27f94a6dc5fb2f27627b9ba8dc20c210df3edd7a596cd3c9961a5c36bfd8e57a9ae15a6859559f8e11c3059704859cabb59d8340

If either command returns "No records found for Redis-master-key", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the IBM High-Speed Transfer Endpoint to set a master-key to encrypt the dynamic token encryption key with the following command:

$ sudo echo -n "`openssl rand -base64 32`" | sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmscli -s Redis-master-key

For each transfer user with a token encryption key, initialize the user's keystore with the following command:

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmscli -i -u <transferuser>

Initialize the keystore for the asperadaemon user that runs asperanoded with the following command:

$ sudo /opt/aspera/bin/askmscli -i -u asperadaemon

Restart the IBM Aspera Node service to activate the changes.

$ sudo systemctl restart asperanoded.service