STIGUI
V-282608CAT II — Medium severitySV-282608r1262433_rule

TOSS 5 must implement DoW or other applicable U.S. Government agency-approved encryption in the bind package.

Rule version TOSS-05-000476 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

Without cryptographic integrity protections, information can be altered by unauthorized users without detection.

Cryptographic mechanisms used for protecting the integrity of information include, for example, signed hash functions using asymmetric cryptography enabling distribution of the public key to verify the hash information while maintaining the confidentiality of the secret key used to generate the hash.

TOSS 5 incorporates systemwide crypto policies by default. The employed algorithms can be viewed in the /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/ directory.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187, SRG-OS-000426-GPOS-00190

Check

Verify BIND uses the system crypto policy using the following command:

Note: If the "bind" package is not installed, this requirement is not applicable.

$ sudo grep include /etc/named.conf 

include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config";'

If BIND is installed and the BIND config file does not include the "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config" directive, or the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure BIND to use the system crypto policy.

Add the following line to the "options" section in "/etc/named.conf":

include "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/bind.config";

Identifiers

Group ID
V-282608
Group title
SRG-OS-000423-GPOS-00187
Rule ID
SV-282608r1262433_rule
Check ID
C-87169r1200802_chk
Fix ID
F-87074r1200803_fix