The HP FlexFabric Switch must off-load audit records onto a different system or media than the system being audited.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-217478 | SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325 | HFFS-ND-000127 | SV-217478r961860_rule | 2025-06-12 | 1 |
Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.
Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.
ℹ️ Check
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch is configured to use an external syslog server:
[HP] display info-center
Information Center: Enabled
Console: Enabled
Monitor: Enabled
Log host: Enabled
Source address interface: M-GigabitEthernet0/0/0
192.168.100.12,
port number: 514, host facility: local7
Log buffer: Enabled
Max buffer size 1024, current buffer size 512
Current messages 356, dropped messages 0, overwritten messages 0
Log file: Enabled
Security log file: Enabled
Information timestamp format:
Log host: Date
Other output destination: Date
If the HP FlexFabric Switch is not configure to use an external syslog server, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to forward its log to an external syslog server:
[HP] info-center loghost 192.168.100.12