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V-22455

CAT II (Medium)

The system must use a remote syslog server (loghost).

Rule ID

SV-45985r1_rule

STIG

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R12

CCIs

CCI-000136

Discussion

A syslog server (loghost) receives syslog messages from one or more systems. This data can be used as an authoritative log source in the event a system is compromised and its local logs are suspect.

Check Content

Check the syslog configuration file for remote syslog servers.
# grep '@' /etc/rsyslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf | grep -v '^#'

If no line is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the syslog configuration file and add an appropriate remote syslog server.