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 |
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| medium | V-217478 | SRG-APP-000515-NDM-000325 | HFFS-ND-000127 | SV-217478r961860_rule | 2025-06-12 | 1 |
| Description |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to forward its log to an external syslog server: [HP] info-center loghost 192.168.100.12 |