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V-239525

CAT II (Medium)

NIS maps must be protected through hard-to-guess domain names.

Rule ID

SV-239525r662026_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000382

Discussion

The use of hard-to-guess NIS domain names provides additional protection from unauthorized access to the NIS directory information.

Check Content

If SLES for vRealize does not use NIS or NIS+, this is not applicable.

Check the domain name for NIS maps:

# domainname

If the name returned is simple to guess, such as the organization name, building or room name, etc., this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the NIS domainname to a value difficult to guess. Consult vendor documentation for the required procedure.