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V-271517CAT II — Medium severitySV-271517r1101885_rule

OL 9 must have the libreswan package installed.

Rule version OL09-00-000410 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-21

Discussion

Providing the ability for remote users or systems to initiate a secure VPN connection protects information when it is transmitted over a wide area network.

Check

Note: If there is no operational need for Libreswan to be installed, this rule is not applicable.

Verify that OL 9 libreswan service package is installed.

Check that the libreswan service package is installed with the following command:

$ dnf list --installed libreswan Installed Packages libreswan.x86_64 4.12-2.0.1.el9_4.1 @ol9_appstream

If the libreswan package is not installed, this is a finding.

Fix

Install the libreswan service (if it is not already installed) with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install -y libreswan

Identifiers

Group ID
V-271517
Group title
SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061
Rule ID
SV-271517r1101885_rule
Check ID
C-75567r1101884_chk
Fix ID
F-75474r1091262_fix