STIGUI
V-223492CAT II — Medium severitySV-223492r1225956_rule

ACF2 BLPPGM GSO record must not be defined.

Rule version ACF2-ES-000740 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

Discussion

In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable or restrict unused or unnecessary physical and logical ports/protocols on information systems.

Operating systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services provided by default may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations. Additionally, it is sometimes convenient to provide multiple services from a single component (e.g., VPN and IPS); however, doing so increases risk over limiting the services provided by any one component.

To support the requirements and principles of least functionality, the operating system must support the organizational requirements, providing only essential capabilities and limiting the use of ports, protocols, and/or services to only those required, authorized, and approved to conduct official business or to address authorized quality of life issues.

Check

From the ISPF Command Shell enter: ACF SET CONTROL(GSO) LIST BLPPGM

If the BLPPGM record is defined, this is a finding.

Fix

The BLPPGM GSO value indicates that ACF2 does not control the programs authorized to use tape bypass label processing (BLP).

Delete the BLPPGM from GSO options.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223492
Group title
SRG-OS-000096-GPOS-00050
Rule ID
SV-223492r1225956_rule
Check ID
C-25165r500608_chk
Fix ID
F-25153r500609_fix