STIGUI
V-284952CAT I — High severitySV-284952r1208920_rule

The SUSE operating system must use FIPS 140-3-approved cryptographic algorithms for IP tunnels.

Rule version SLES-15-010036 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

Overriding the systemwide cryptographic policy makes the behavior of the Libreswan service violate expectations and makes system configuration more fragmented.

Check

Note: If the IPsec service is not installed, this requirement is Not Applicable.

Verify the SUSE operating system sets the IPsec service to use the systemwide cryptographic policy with the following command:

> sudo grep -s include /etc/ipsec.conf /etc/ipsec.d/*.conf /etc/ipsec.conf:include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config

If the ipsec configuration file does not contain "include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config", this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the SUSE operating system so that Libreswan uses the systemwide cryptographic policy.

Add the following line to "/etc/ipsec.conf":

include /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/libreswan.config

Identifiers

Group ID
V-284952
Group title
SRG-OS-000033-GPOS-00014
Rule ID
SV-284952r1208920_rule
Check ID
C-89521r1208903_chk
Fix ID
F-89426r1208904_fix